The Russian president Vladimir Putin and its Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko discussed the Wagner mercenary group, economic cooperation and external threats during two days of talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today.

Lukashenko traveled to St. Petersburg on Sunday for talks with Putin. The two men have been meeting regularly, and have been in telephone contact, since Lukashenko allowed Belarus to be used as a springboard for Russian armed forces when Moscow launched a “special military operation” against Ukraine in February 2022.

Peskov said the two men did not plan to reach new agreements during their latest talks, but that “within the framework of very close relations, the presidents are synchronizing their positions, synchronizing their clocks.”

He stated that the agenda included “the issue of the Wagner organization and the issue of trade and economic cooperation, and the Russia-Belarus Union and external threats on the perimeter of our countries.”

The two countries belong to the Russia-Belarus Union, in which Moscow is the dominant player.