Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated that Minsk and Astana should not lose each other "in this crazy world". BELTA agency reported that.
"I would like to ask you very much, we should not lose each other," the Belarusian leader said during a meeting with Yerlan Koshanov, the chairman of the lower house of the Kazakh parliament, Mazhilis.
"Today, no country, even America, can develop independently of others. That's why I suggest that we don't lose each other in this crazy world," he stressed.
The president also paid attention to the growth of trade between the two countries.
"As I always say, the basis is trade. And it should be noted that I once dreamed that we would reach a trade turnover of about one billion dollars with Kazakhstan. Today, according to estimates, we already have a billion and more. But there is still room for striving. We are a high-tech country," Lukashenko said.
