Belarus EU

Minsk's rhetoric has focused on the normalization of Belarus-EU relations since the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius.

Belarus leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka says Minsk wants to normalize relation with Europe but expects the European Union to make steps.

Deputy Foreign Minister Alena Kupchyna has said this to the journalists on December 13.

It cannot happen as there are political prisoners in Belarus.

President of the European Commission thinks that free travelling of people will facilitate development of democracy in Belarus.

The European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy has commented on the prospects of EU development programmes in Belarus.

Belarus is in the first position as regards the number of Schengen visas given per one thousand people, the Minister said.

Uladzimir Makei does not exclude the possibility of Belarus joining the EU in the future, he told Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

The Belarus president on Monday met with the head of Russia's Republic of Karelia Aleksandr Hudilainen.