BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

10/06/2008

Belarusian, Russian presidents to meet in Brest on June 22

MINSK, June 10 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Belarus. "A meeting between presidents Alexander Lukashenko and Dmitry Medvedev will take place in Brest," the press service of the Belarusian head of state told Itar-Tass.

"The visit of the Russian president will be taking place on the day of remembering the victims of the Great Patriotic War. This tragic date is a landmark for the peoples of both countries.

"Symbolically, the meeting between the two presidents will take place in Brest, which faced the first strike of the invading Nazis," the press service noted.

A telephone conversation between the presidents of the two countries took place on Tuesday. "As a follow-up of the contacts during the informal CIS summit in St. Petersburg, the presidents exchanged their opinions regarding the pressing issue of bilateral relations and international agenda," it said.

The Kremlin press service confirmed on Tuesday that Medvedev and Lukashenko had talked by telephone, at Medvedev's initiative and as a follow-up of the contacts in St. Petersburg.

Source:

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12768885&PageNum=0

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