Belarus-Russia partnership seen as best response to sanctions

“The best response to the unprecedented pressure from the West is more cohesive, consistent, professional work as well as good understanding of what we have and what we can do together at the moment. This is the foundation for our partnership and it helps us avoid groundless disputes. We have entered a new stage of economic integration using the formula – two states striving for one economy,” Dmitry Mezentsev said.

When asked whether the Western sanctions are holding back the cooperation between Belarus and Russia in the field of space, he said: “The level of integration that we have achieved by now, and the goals that we want to reach will be the most successful response to the sanctions. At this stage, there are certain difficulties and we want to overcome them as soon as possible. Yet, this is also an incentive to deepen research and development work, to analyze our potential for the implementation of joint space programs of the Union State.”