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Lukashenka: Belarus set to have stable and constructive relations with European states

Belarus is an integral part of Europe and set to have stable and constructive relations with European states and the European Union in general, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said on June 14 while accepting the credentials of a number of ambassadors, BelaPAN reports.

“We highly appreciate the role of Austria in the development of investment cooperation with Belarus,” Mr. Lukashenka told Margot Klestil-Loeffler, the new ambassador of Austria to Belarus, according to the Belarusian leader’s press office. “I think it’s time for us to start carrying out larger-scale joint economic projects.”

“We view Portugal as an important and promising partner in the European Union and believe that cooperation [with Portugal] has a big unused potential,” Mr. Lukashenka said to Pedro Nuno Bartolo, the Moscow-based Portuguese ambassador to Russia and Belarus.