Russia President to visit Belarus June 22

President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev is expected to visit Belarus on June 22. The agreement was reached during a phone talk between the presidents of Belarus and Russia on June 10. The phone talk had been initiated by the Russian head of state, the press service of the President of Belarus told BelTA. “Alexander Lukashenko and Dmitry Medvedev have reached an agreement concerning the visit of the Russian president to Belarus on June 22 — the Day of National Memory of the Great Patriotic War Victims. The tragic date is symbolic for nations of both the countries. It is symbolic that the meeting of the two presidents will take place in Brest, which was the first to meet the Nazi onslaught,” noted the press service. In continuation of the contacts, which took place during the informal summit of the CIS heads of state in Saint Petersburg, the Presidents shared opinions about topical issues of the bilateral relations and international relations during the phone talk.