Putin and Lukashenko held an informal meeting in Minsk
Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko held an informal meeting, said the press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.
The meeting was held at the residence of the Belarusian leader. Later, the leaders joined the head of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
Three leaders after the meeting, plan to attend the closing event of the Second European games to be held in Minsk.
Putin arrived in Minsk after the G20 summit, which was held in Japan Osaka on June 28-29. On the way to Minsk, the Russian President made a stop in Irkutsk, where he held a meeting at the destruction of the flooding in the area.
Two weeks ago, Putin met with Lukashenko in Bishkek on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai cooperation organization. Then the two leaders confirmed their intention to hold a bilateral meeting in the near future.
The second European games was launched in the capital of Belarus on 21 June. They are about 3, 6 thousand athletes. All the assets of the leading in the team standings Russian national team 39 gold, 19 silver and 35 bronze medals. Second place goes to the team of Belarus, the third - Italy.
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