One should not hide problematic issues in Poland-Belarus relations, but solve them ‘in a constructive and pragmatic manner while respecting the sovereignty of each other’, Uladzimir Andreychanka, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, said at Tuesday’s meeting with Ryszard Terlecki, Deputy Speaker of the Polish Sejm.
According to Mr Andreychanka, he welcomed the decision of the Polish Sejm to set up a Belarusian Parliament friendship group and considers the Polish delegation’s visit as an important and well-timed step to facilitate the dialogue between the two countries.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”262873″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]In his opinion, Belarus and Poland have missed much in the bilateral relations since 2011, and such situation needs to be tackled.
“Belarus pursues a multi-vector foreign policy. We cooperate both with the East and the West. We are interested in attracting foreign investment, new technologies,” state-run news agency BelTA quotes Andreychanka as saying. While cooperating with EU member countries, much attention is given to relation with Poland, he states. Not only trade and economic ties should be established, but cooperation in the fields of culture, education and tourism needs to be developed as well, he added.
Uladzimir Andreychanka expressed hope that after the parliamentary election in September mutual cooperation will be intensified ‘on all fronts’.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”262877″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]In his turn, Ryszard Terlecki said that Poland wanted neighboring non-EU countries to have access directly to the Union through Poland.
On August 2, Poland’s parliamentary delegation also met with Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Council of the Republic. The meetings with Deputy Foreign Minister Alena Kupchyna and Archbishop Tadeush Kandrusevich are scheduled for Wednesday. During their stay in Belarus, the Polish MPs are expected to visit Kurapaty, a site of mass executions where many Poles were killed by Soviet secret police, and to meet with representatives of local authorities and the Polish population in Baranavichy (Brest region).
In March, Poland’s Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski was on an official visit to Belarus where he held talks with president Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
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