GOMEL, May 6 (BelTA) – The Prime Ministers of Belarus and Ukraine will meet in late May. The agreement was reached in a meeting between President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in Gomel. “The Prime Ministers should meet in late May to take decisions on economic and humanitarian projects,” the Belarusian leader said. The heads of government will start implementing the agreements reached at the highest level. Alexander Lukashenko also noted that...

GOMEL, May 6 (BelTA) – The presidents of Belarus and Ukraine will continue implementing the agreements reached in Chernihiv in January 2009. The statement was made by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he met with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko in Gomel on May 6. “We will discuss the questions, which exist in relations between our countries, including the continuation of the Chernihiv talks,” said the Belarusian leader. “I am grateful for your coming into the...

GOMEL, May 6 (BelTA) – President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko mentioned his interest in discussing the cooperation between Belarus and Ukraine, including discussing it in view of the European integration, at his meeting with Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko in Gomel on May 6. “It is very pleasant for me to meet with you in the Belarusian land, to discuss political, economic and other areas of cooperation as well as how our countries are living through the world crisis,”...

GOMEL, May 6 (BelTA) - A meeting between Presidents of Belarus and Ukraine Alexander Lukashenko and Viktor Yushchenko has started in Gomel. An one-to-one meeting is taking place in the Palace of the Rumiantsevs and Paskevichs. The previous meeting of the presidents took place on January 20 in Chernigov. Then a memorandum was signed between the government, the National Bank of Belarus and the government, the National Bank of Ukraine to elaborate the measures to boost bilateral trade and...

MINSK, May 5 (BelTA) – A meeting between President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and his Ukrainian counterpart is to be held in Gomel on May 6. The Presidents are to discuss topical issues of the bilateral cooperation and the international agenda, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. The heads of state will continue the dialogue started in Chernigov in January 2009. БЕЛТА

MINSK, May 5 (BelTA) – Belarus sees its union with Russia only as the union of equal states, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview to Reuters on May 4, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. “We see this union only as the union of equal states. The main principle of any union is equality. There is no union without it. If the union is based on this principle, it will be developing. It will grow as strong as the peoples want it to be, first of all, the...

BRAGIN REGION, April 25 (BelTA) – The material damage of the Chernobyl catastrophe in Belarus is comparable to losses incurred during the Great Patriotic War, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said as he visited the town of Komarin, Bragin region. The head of state said that the Nazi destroyed 619 Belarusian villages while the Chernobyl disaster bereft the country of 485 settlements. Due to the Chernobyl disaster 42% of the Bragin region settlements were abandoned, with the number...

KOMARIN, April 25 (BelTA) – The loan debt burden on Belarus is not critical, Alexander Lukashenko said when answering the questions of reporters in Komarin on April 25. When commenting on the statements of top-ranking officials of Russia that Belarus does not have sufficient resources to meet its loan obligations smoothly, Alexander Lukashenko stressed: “According to the international standards, 25% of GDP is the line a government should not cross. It is less than 8% in Belarus now. Here...

KOMARIN, April 25 (BelTA) – Despite the global financial crisis the government will allocate enough funding to enable proper living standards for people in polluted areas, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said at the requiem meeting in the town of Komarin on April 25. The meeting was dedicated to the 23rd anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe and the 65th anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from the Nazi invaders, BelTA has learnt. The head of state remarked that Belarus has...

KOMARIN, April 25 (BelTA) – The recovery of the contaminated regions is becoming a top-priority task, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said when visiting the town of Komarin, Bragin region on April 25. “We should put an end to the period of clean-up efforts on the territories affected by the Chernobyl disaster. We should stop suffering and complaining, we need to start a new period, a period of recovery. We need to take maximum efforts to revive this land,” the head of state...