Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko had a telephone conversation with Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.
Gennady Zyuganov thanked Aleksandr Lukashenko for congratulating him on his 80th birthday, which the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation celebrated in June of this year.
During the telephone conversation, the parties talked about cooperation between the Communist Parties of Belarus and Russia.
The parties also discussed the preparations for the second international anti-fascist forum due in Minsk this autumn (the first forum was held in Belarus a year ago). Gennady Zyuganov invited Aleksandr Lukashenko to attend the forum which is expected to bring together guests from more than a hundred countries.