PACE Special Rapporteur to arrive in Minsk

PACE Special Rapporteur Andrea Rigoni will pay an official visit to Minsk on February 25. The Italian MP will meet the representatives of the Belarusian authorities and the opposition during his visit.

Rigoni is planning to ask questions about political prisoners, human rights and the freedom of mass media. Rigoni will present his report to the PACE political committee on March 18, Radio Liberty reports.

Deputy Secretary General for the European External Action Service Helga Maria Schmid has also visited our country this week. She met Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makei on February 24.

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