Belarus leader says nation being forced to merge with Russia ~ AJJ News

Friday 28 February 2020

Belarus leader says nation being forced to merge with Russia

February 28, 2020

The president of Belarus said Thursday that his country is "being forced into integration” with Russia and insisted that real integration of the two countries' economies implied “sovereignty and independence” for Belarus. “We remain committed, as always, to real integration without being forced into integration,” President Alexander Lukashenko said at a meeting with Mikhail Myasnikovich, chair of the Eurasian Economic Commission.