Section: BelTA (Belarus)
Lukashenko meets with former president of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma
Alexander Lukashenko and Leonid Kuchma had a warm conversation and exchanged presents. They also pointed out the friendly character of the personal relations and the relations between the two nations. On 27 December 2016 Belarus and Ukraine will mark the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations. …read more Source:...
Contact Group on Ukraine to reconvene in Minsk 16 January
Minsk hosted the last meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine in 2016 on 21 December. The next meeting is scheduled for 16 January. If there is a necessity, the parties will hold video conferences. …read more Source:...
Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine reaffirms commitment to ceasefire
In its statement the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine also expressed its commitment to the implementation of Minsk agreements and to effectively continuing the Minsk process in the new year. Martin Sajdik added that “we will try to receive support for this initiative from the highest political level as well”. …read more Source:...
Sajdik: Ukraine is ready for more unilateral release of POWs
“The Ukrainian side expressed its readiness to unilaterally release additional 15 people, as a humanitarian gesture, by the end of this year, among them women and wounded,” said the OSCE special representative in the trilateral contact group on Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Belarus increases travel exports to Ukraine, Russia
Discover Belarus is a professional tourism competition held by the Belarusian Sports and Tourism Ministry and the National Tourism Agency. …read more Source:...
Ignacio Ybanez Rubio: Spain-Belarus relations grow stronger day by day
Touching on the international politics, the diplomat noted the important role of Belarus in promoting the settlement in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Minsk to host workshop on UNESCO transnational nomination file 16 December
Experts from Belarus, Russia, Poland, Ukraine and Germany will discuss the preparation of the UNESCO World Heritage transnational nomination file tentatively entitled “Socialist Postwar Architecture in Central and Eastern Europe”. …read more Source:...
Belarus vows to do everything to restore peace in Ukraine
“Ukrainian leadership have stated repeatedly that they positively evaluate Belarus’ role in organizing the negotiations aimed at resolving the situation in Ukraine’s east. In turn, Belarus will continue doing everything possible for restoring peace in the brotherly country,” said the Ambassador of Belarus. …read more Source:...
Ambassador: Belarus interested in stable polite relations with EU, NATO
“Belarus is a member of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Collective Security Treaty Organization. But we do not see this contradict our objective interest in developing stable mutually polite relations with the EU and NATO, the integration with which is a priority for Ukraine,” said Igor Sokol. …read more Source:...
Strong support for UNESCO transnational file of post-war socialist architecture
Alla Stashkevich said that experts from Belarus, Russia, Poland, Ukraine and Germany discussed the idea to develop a transnational nomination portfolio that would include Independence Avenue (Prospekt Nezavisimosti) in Minsk as they met in the Belarusian capital in September 2016. …read more Source:...
