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The message said, in part:

“In the last few years, we have considerably strengthened fraternal friendship and expanded mutually beneficial cooperation and all-round integration. The potential for bilateral strategic partnership, as well as active and sustained dialogue, help find optimal solutions for establishing the Union State.

“I am convinced that our purposeful practical cooperation will help raise Russian and Belarusian living standards and strengthen the spiritual, cultural and historical similarity of both nations.”