Section: BelTA (Belarus)
Sajdik: Understanding of the need to involve IRCS in prisoner exchange is growing
The parties to the Ukrainian conflict are starting to recognize the need to involve the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to solve the problem of an exchange of prisoners, OSCE special representative in the trilateral contact group on Ukraine, Ambassador Martin Sajdik said. …read more Source:...
Sajdik: Destruction of OSCE SMM drones should not be left unpunished
Destruction of the drones of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) should not happen again and should not be left unpunished, OSCE special representative in the trilateral contact group on Ukraine, Ambassador Martin Sajdik told media in Minsk. …read more Source:...
Belarusian volunteers organize recreation for Ukrainians from conflict zone
“A group of five adults and eight children rested in Belarus from 20 July to 28 July. This trip was organized with the assistance of many organizations,” the representative of the parish said. …read more Source:...
Minsk talks on Ukraine scheduled for 3 August, 26 August
Martin Sajdik also confirmed that participants of the talks continued discussing the creation of a security zone near the populated localities Petrovskoye and Zolotoye. He said participants of the talks still hope the matter will be resolved. …read more Source:...
Progress in negotiations to restore Ukrainian railways secured in Minsk
The restoration of overhead power lines was also discussed in Minsk on 27 July. Further talks on the matter will be held at the level of the relevant ministries of Ukraine and Russia for the sake of expediting the process. …read more Source:...
Martin Sajdik comments on incidents involving OSCE drones in Ukraine
The OSCE press service stated earlier that on 25 July communication was lost with one of the drones the OSCE mission in Ukraine was using to monitor the conflict zone. Parts of the crashed drone were handed over by the Ukrainian army to OSCE representatives on 26 July. …read more Source:...
Sajdik, coordinators of working groups on Ukraine discuss future strategy of Minsk process
The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the trilateral contact group will reconvene for talks in Minsk on 27 July. …read more Source:...
Satu Kahkonen takes office as WB Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
“Ms. Kahkonen oversees the program of the bank in three countries and conducts policy dialogue with governmental partners, civil society and other partners,” the World Bank said. …read more Source:...
Interior Ministry: Inflow of refugees from Ukraine to Belarus down three times
As of 1 July 2016, 351 people applied to the citizenship and migration department for a refugee status. 80% of the applicants are Ukrainian citizens. Among the applicants there are also citizens of Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Egypt and some other states from that region. …read more Source:...
Belovezhskaya Pushcha cross-border project to be continued
The first phase of the project was implemented under the previous cross-border cooperation program “Poland-Belarus-Ukraine” with the participation of Grodno and Brest oblast emergencies departments and Poland. …read more Source:...
