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The message read, in part:

“This holiday symbolises the historical aspiration and firm will of our fraternal peoples to build relations of the closest interaction in every field, in the framework of a Union State.

“I am confident that all-round and mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and Belarus will develop dynamically in the interests of strengthening the economic might and democratic institutions of the two countries, and bringing prosperity to Russians and Belarusians.”