No one can damage Belarusian-Russian ties, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday.
"We have always been and will always be together. No politician can disrupt our relations," he said at a meeting with Collective Security Treaty Organization chief Nikolai Bordyuzha.
Belarus will forever remain "a reliable base and outpost" for Russia and the post-Soviet security bloc, he said.
Relations between Belarus and Russia soured in 2009 over a series of economic and political disputes, including Russian energy supplies, a milk export row and Lukashenko's reluctance to sign a deal to set up a CSTO rapid reaction force.
A gas dispute and Belarus's reluctance to join Russia in recognizing the independence of the former Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have also added to the tension.
RIA Novosti
