Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko unveiled the details of the recent talks with Russia President Vladimir Putin and responded to speculations at the meeting to discuss Belarus-Russia cooperation in the military sector on 2 March. As he pointed out, dozens of issues were discussed, while the mass media reports about the talks were in large part speculative:

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      After the talks in Sochi and the issues which were raised at the talks with the president of Russia we agreed that a number of issues will be discussed at the level of the high-ranking officials of the government and law enforcement agencies. First of all, the defense minister and the state secretary. We have determined those issues. A lot was written about the meeting. Unfortunately, 70% of it was absolute nonsense and lies. I am not even going to enumerate all the issues that were discussed. There were dozens of issues. Many issues. Besides, we revised and discussed virtually all issues of the Belarusian-Russian relations.