Watch a live broadcast from Moscow where Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko are holding a press conference on Friday, 18 February, following their tet-a-tete talks earlier in the day.
The two presidents were expected to discuss a wide range of issues, including bilateral strategic partnership, as well as ongoing tensions on the Ukrainian-Russian border and security situation in Eastern Europe.
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