BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

09/02/2009

Ukrainian, Belarusian, Lithuanian foreign ministers to meet in Vilnius on Feb. 14-15

Interfax-Ukraine

The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania will discuss the situation in the energy sector in Vilnius on Feb.14-15, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press secretary, Vasyl Kyrylych, said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday.

He said that the major subject of the meeting would be the recent gas crisis and the drafting of new mechanisms for cooperation in this field.

"The holding of a trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Lithuania and Belarus will contribute to reaching fundamental agreements with the Lithuanian and Belarusian sides regarding the implementation of a project of electricity supplies from Ukraine to Lithuania via Belarus," Kyrylych said.

"The realization of this project will help deepen relations between our countries," he said.

He also said that the meeting would be another step to improving the functioning of the Ukrainian-Belarusian-Lithuanian Viking transport project.

Source:

http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/35158

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