Putin promises Miasnikovich "steps forward"

Russia's PM Vladimir Putin greeted his new colleague Mikhail Miasnikovich on the appointment. Having noted the successful development of Belarusian-Russian relations in the framework of the 'union state', Putin expressed his confidence that Miasnikovich's government would continue the course for increasing the mutually beneficial cooperation. "You can fully count on the Russian side's steps forward", Putin wrote in the statement.