Politics

Minsk hosted a meeting of opposition leaders with the rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Andrea Rigoni.

The PACE Special Rapporteur also visited Belarus 5 years ago.

He will meet the representatives of the authorities and opposition.

He also considers Belarus an important element in building a secure Europe.

EU's Deputy Secretary General for the External Action Service, Helga Schmid, is already in Minsk.

Five people who detained for putting up posters on the Native Tongue Day were released. Two of them were fined 9 million rubles.

The Belarusian leader may go to the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga.

Belarusian Minister for Foreign Affairs Uladzimir Makei announced it when he met Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs.

Euroradio interviewed Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makey after a meeting with the Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs.