BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
14/02/2008
Belarusian President Gives Go-Ahead For EU Office In Minsk
President Lukashenka has issued a decree authorizing Deputy Foreign Minister Valery Varanetski to sign an agreement on the establishment of a European Commission office in Minsk, Belapan reported on February 13. The European Commission has been trying to open a Minsk office since 2005. Lukashenka on December 5 authorized Varanetski to sign the draft agreement and engage in further negotiations with the Commission. "We are taking steps to open the office for one purpose -- stepping up relations with the European Union, above all, in the spheres of mutual interest," Varanetski said, adding that Belarus is ready to sign the agreement "at any moment." AM
Source:
http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/02/3-cee/cee-140208.asp
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