MOSCOW, April 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Belarus will continue constructive cooperation to promote the stable democratic development of both countries, Vladimir Putin said Monday.
He said Russia and Belarus, which are currently marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Union State, had strengthened cooperation and were successfully working on the formation of a common economic space.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said the two countries' union had become "a locomotive of integration processes."
"We will build a new model of an effective interstate union on the basis of principles of equal partnership," he said.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov read aloud the two leaders' messages at a concert dedicated to the anniversary.
