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Makei: Belarus hopes for new quality of relations with EU, without sanctions and restrictions
25.05.2015 18:12 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
While speaking at the plenary session of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga, the
Belarus Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei emphasized that Belarus hopes that in short time Belarus and the European Union will be able to register a new quality and level of their realtions without sanctions and restrictions, Belarus Radio says referring to the Belarus Ministry of Foreign Affairs press service.
«The Eastern Partnership has been instrumental in revitalizing, to some extent, the dialogue and interaction between Belarus and the EU. Since Vilnius summit, we have achieved some progress in our relations and have engaged in a number of new tracks, including consultations on modernization issues and negotiations on visa facilitation and readmission agreements. These very days we have concluded the Cooperation Arrangement on an Early Warning Mechanism in the field of energy. We are looking forward to the establishment of the Partnership for Mobility. Still, the potential of our cooperation remains largely untapped,» the Minister said.
As to him, there is a need to overcome, through an open dialogue, the existing difficulties in the relations.
«I do firmly believe that this is in the interest of both Belarus and the EU, in the interest of our citizens and also in the interest of the regional security and wider, united Europe,» Makei stressed.
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