Solana to visit Minsk on Feb 18
EU High Commisioner for Foreign Policy and Security Javier Solana is expected to arrive in Minsk late in the evening of February 18.
This will be the first visit of a top European official in Belarus. Solana's press office said in a statement that on February 19 he will hold several meetings with the representatives of the opposition and the government.
Solana is scheduled to meet with Alexander Lukashenka, Belarus' Foreign Minister Siarhei Martynau, the leaders of opposition parties and Alexander Milinkevich, the chairman of the For Freedom movement and Zhanna Litvina, the chairperson of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
