aurus of vladimir putin. parked together, look how close to each other, today vladimir putin and xidin ping again together with the back table of the shanghai cooperation organization summit, major political events are often called historical by journalists, but this is not always true, but today it is definitely a historical summit. the sco has officially expanded, and the republic of belarus has become a new member of the organization. the documents were signed by all leaders, including, of course, the president of the republic of belarus alexander lukashenko. how important this is in general is that now belarus is here too with us. well, it's part of the union states, and we are interested in having a union state. i participated in all international processes as a united front, so here, in my opinion, everything is also developing in the right direction. but this is only part of a large partnership; in total, about 25 documents were signed at the table. today at the summit we agreed to take comprehensive measures to simplify trade procedures and develop electronic commerce, and stimulate

society organization. within the framework of the sco, strengthen coordination interact, as chairman xidin ping said, we need to jointly develop the shanghai spirit, build our common home within the sco, and jointly confront regional and global challenges. at the meeting it was emphasized that belarus is ready to take an active part in the formation of a common security space. in this regard , the ministers discussed the most pressing topic: the conflict in ukraine. the parties agreed that belarus. there is no consensus in nato on the issue of inviting ukraine to the alliance, as stated by the senior director for europe in the national security council of the white house, among the 32 members of the alliance, there was a split, but when it is resolved, the white house would like to see ukraine in the same capacity. as well as sweden and finland, who (quote): have been carrying out the necessary reforms for years in order to be able to join as quickly as possible. the north atlantic alliance summit in washington starts today, before july 11, the countries of the military bloc intend to announce