Lukashenko: Belarus, Russia are yet to align one Union State program out of 28

According to the head of state, the so-called integration roadmaps were reformatted into the Union State programs. There are a total of 28 of them.

"If we are the union, if we see a future, we need to equalize prices. Or, let's do it on market terms. Let's say we need gas. So we buy it from Gazprom. Gazprom does not have it? We will go to another company - you have a lot of them that produce natural gas. There should be free trade in this commodity. Then the prices will be appropriate. We do not ask for low prices. We want equal prices," the Belarusian leader stressed.

He recalled that the common economic space that Belarus and Russia are building implies equal conditions for all business entities, enterprises and people. "We agree to market conditions, but the conditions should be equal. We agreed with the Russian president that we will overcome all barriers and equalize these conditions," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

"I would like to hope that the Supreme State Council of the Union State will convene for a meeting this year, at the end of it, as we agreed with the president [Putin]. The meeting should be a milestone as we are set to make very serious decisions. I think that if Russia does not commit to take some steps with regard to gas prices, to level the playing field, we will still adopt these 28 Union State programs, the roadmaps have been thoroughly revised. It will be a colossal step," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.