Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko have begun talks in Sochi, TASS reported referring to the spokesperson for Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.

Lukashenko arrived in Sochi on Monday. This is the first foreign trip of the Belarusian president after the August 9 elections, followed by mass protests in the republic.

As the press service of the Kremlin reported earlier, key issues of further development of Russian-Belarusian relations of strategic partnership and alliance will be discussed at the talks in Sochi. It is planned to pay special attention to the implementation of large joint projects in the trade, economic, energy, cultural, and humanitarian areas, as well as the prospects for promoting integration processes within the union state. According to Peskov, the signing of any documents following the meeting is not planned. According to BelTA news agency, the presidential talks will be held in a one-on-one format.