“I consider the subsequent development of the agreement and ratification procedures regarding the CIS Free Trade Zone Agreement to be a highly important condition of our integration. In the long run, this will benefit all of us. Therefore, we would like the treaty to involve as many participants as possible, and we would like other countries to join this treaty.”

Russian-Belarusian relations are currently going through very good times, in Dmitry Medvedev’s view, because “apart from political understanding on all issues, quite impressive achievements have been recorded in the economy.”