Section: BelTA (Belarus)
Contact group on Ukraine to meet in Minsk on 17 November
The working group on security will gather in Minsk on 10 November, the working group on political affairs will sit next week. …read more Source:...
Contact group on Ukraine agree to exchange captives
The Ukrainian side plans to release 11 persons, while the self-proclaimed republics will free nine prisoners. …read more Source:...
Lavrov thanks Belarus for efforts to resolve conflict in Ukraine
“We confirm we are grateful to Minsk where the conflicting parties managed to reach an agreement and where the contact group on Ukraine and its subgroups continue to meet,” said the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs. …read more Source:...
Seeking international protection in Belarus are mainly citizens of Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan
The UNHCR points to an increasing number of forced migrants. …read more Source:...
Belavia may fly to new destinations in Ukraine
“If such a necessity arises we will expand the geography of our flights from Minsk to other airports of Ukraine, in addition to Kiev and Odessa,” Igor Cherginets noted. …read more Source:...
Belarus-Ukraine customs system PRINEX launched
The PRINEKS system has been developed as part of the project “The assistance in the development of an electronic system of pre-arrival information exchange between the customs authorities of Belarus and Ukraine.” …read more Source:...
Progress in infrastructure restoration in Ukraine conflict zone
Martin Sajdik said: “Considerable steps have been taken to restore railway communications and power lines. One can say coal shipments to the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government grow day by day. Naturally they are very important for power generation, in particular, during winter.” …read more Source:...
No permission for UN agencies to work in Ukraine conflict zone yet
All the UN agencies are forbidden to work there as of today. The United Nations Organization has not been granted the permission although all the necessary information has been provided. …read more Source:...
Contact group on Ukraine to reconvene in Minsk on 27 October
Martin Sajdik said: “The next meeting will take place on 27 October. If I understand it correctly, the local time will not be adjusted so we are going to work a bit more. There will be a time gap in comparison with Kyiv.” …read more Source:...
Ukraine conflict settlement stumbles over mine clearance
According to the source, the working group on security focuses on mine clearance partially due to the scheduled urgent humanitarian and economic projects. The group has agreed to continue working out mine clearance principles and compiling the list of relevant priorities. …read more Source:...
