Official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova spoke about the relations between Russia and Belarus. According to her, Belarusians can not be called friends or colleagues. "We have a very close and close contact with the Belarusian, what can we say, brothers. Let's really talk as it is. The words "colleagues" or "friends" do not reflect the essence of the matter, "Zakharov quoted" Sputnik Belarus ". At the same time, she stressed that the close relations between Moscow and Minsk "are realized in practice". On the eve of the presidents of the two countries, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko met in Sochi. Negotiations lasted more than 3 hours, but so far nothing is known about the results.