Medvedev, Lukashenko to meet in Sochi for economic talks

SOCHI, August 27 (Itar-Tass) - President Dmitry Medvedev will receive
his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko at his summer residence
in Sochi. These are the fifth talks between the two leaders since the
start of the year and the second in the resort Black Sea city of Sochi.
The Kremlin reported that the summit plans to discuss some acute
issues of Belarussian-Russian cooperation. Experts drafted an extensive
agenda of talks, including documents on cooperation in the fuel and energy
sphere and partnership within the Euro-Asian Economic Community and the
Customs Union.
Lukashenko arrived in Sochi early in the week and waited for Medvedev'
s return from his trip to Buryatia and Mongolia. The Belarussian president
told reporters that he intends to discuss "the entire range of complicated
questions which have not been settled". "We should come to agreement and
should stick to them to preclude a situation when we agree, but agreements
are not translated into life by lower echelons."