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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pledged to deepen their ties amid Russia's war in Ukraine in a meeting at the Kremlin. Photo by Mikhael Klimentyev/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool/EPA-EFE April 6 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow would continue to build its regional ties and economic cooperation with Belarus as he met with President Alexander Lukashenko at the Kremlin. "The Russian Federation and Belarus are building up cooperation in the field of defense and security, expanding in the military-technical sphere. This is especially important against the backdrop of a difficult international situation," Putin said in...