In mid-August 2015, two major events took center stage in media coverage of Belarus: the trip to Ukraine of Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei as well as the release of six people, labeled political prisoners in the West, by President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who pardoned them ostensibly out of dedication to “the tenets of humanism.”
Makei’s visit to Ukraine lasted from August 12 to 16, unusually long for such official trips. Not only did Makei meet with his Ukrainian counterpart and with President Petro Poroshenko, but he also met Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, who happened to be in Ukraine at the …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation