Belarusian Federation of Trade Unions does not want to merge with “Belaya Rus”

Belarusian Federation of Trade Unions is against a merge with the “Belaya Rus” association. The head of the Belarusian federation of Trade Unions Leanid Kozik informed about it at a press conference in Minsk.
According to “Interfax”, Leanid Kozik said the “Belaya Rus” was merely an assistant of the Federation of Trade Unions.

He also noted that “Belaya Rus” had the same goals as trade unions. However, the BFTU and “Belaya Rus” wuold go separate ways if the organization was going to become a political party, stressed L.Kozik.