BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

27/05/2008

President: Belarus interested in productive relations with European nations

Belarus is interested in developing productive relations with European states, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on May 27 as he accepted credentials from foreign ambassadors, reported Belta.

"Belarus is open to mutually beneficial contacts and full-fledged partnership. We are glad to welcome all we are connected with through common interests and ambitions," underscored Alexander Lukashenko.

The President added, "We work with our allies and all partners for the sake of making the world fairer and better, in order to make mutual trust, openness, and equality permanent practices in international relations".

Accepting credentials from Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to Belarus Ferenc Kontra, the President expressed hope the opening of the Hungarian embassy in Minsk convincingly demonstrates the achievement of a higher level of cooperation between the countries across the entire range of relations, first of all, trade, economic and investment ties, which already have a good start.

According to Alexander Lukashenko, historically developed spiritual and cultural ties between the two nations, Slavonic affinity, well-developed interpersonal contacts are a reliable foundation for building up partnering relations between Belarus and Montenegro. In turn, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Montenegro to Belarus Zeljko Radulovic remarked, Belarus and Montenegro have great prospects for cooperation.

Source:

http://news.trendaz.com/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1209542&lang=EN

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