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Ukrainian premier may visit Belarus in late February

Yuliya Tymoshenko may visit Belarus in late February, the press office of the Ukrainian prime minister told BelaPAN.

When reached by BelaPAN, the secretariat of the Belarusian Council of Ministers confirmed that the visit was being prepared but did not name the exact date.

While meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in Chernihiv on January 20, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said that the Belarusian and Ukrainian premiers would meet within the following 10 days.

Mr. Lukashenka’s press office said that the meeting was needed to formalize all agreements reached by the heads of state.

The talks between Messrs. Lukashenka and Yushchenko yielded a memorandum on cooperation between the Belarusian and Ukrainian governments in the energy sphere and a Belarusian-Ukrainian consular convention. The Belarusian and Ukrainian cabinets and central banks also signed a memorandum on steps to increase economic cooperation amid the global downturn.

An agreement on eased procedures for crossing the Belarusian-Ukrainian border along the road between the Ukrainian city of Slavutych and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which runs through Belarus` areas, was also signed as a result of the meeting.