12 July 2001
Russia's Security Council secretary in Brest
"What I saw here proves the kinship of our peoples. We have a common future and should tackle problems together. There is no other way for us," Vladimir Rushailo, secretary of Russia's Security Council, said on July 10 while visiting Brest, a Belarusian city on the Polish
border.
Following his talks with Brest's executive and law enforcement officials, Mr. Rushailo spent about two hours at the Brest Fortress, the Red Army's stronghold against the Germans in 1941. He visited the museum, the forts, and the ruins of the garrison church. He told reporters he had never before been in Brest.
Mr. Rushailo's talks with Vasily Dolgolyov, chairman of the Brest Regional Executive Committee, are said to have had much to do with the situation along the Belarusian-Polish border. The Brest governor is quoted reminding Mr. Rushailo of Poland's anticipated entry to NATO as a source of a whole range of collective security issues. Mr. Rushailo said that he was staying in Belarus on a commission from President Vladimir Putin. On July 11 and 12, he is scheduled to meet in Minsk with the head of state, Aleksandr Lukashenko, and some other top Belarusian officials. "We will spend the next two days at a round
table, discussing military and economic security, and some other issues," Mr. Rushailo said. Mr. Rushailo praised law enforcement cooperation within the CIS. "We are working on multilateral level within the CIS Councils of Interior Ministers, Security Chiefs, and Defense Ministers," he said. "A whole range of serious issues are addressed there. Besides, we do a lot on expert level within the Security Councils. The Security Council secretaries hold regular meetings. My visit will include a series of working meetings in Minsk. This shows that we
constantly work together."
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