EU Council to discuss resumption of partnership agreement with Belarus

The issue of resumption of the agreement on partnership and cooperation between Belarus and the EU will be discussed at a meeting of the EU Council on general issues and external relations in Brussels on November 16 and 17.
The EU chargé d'affaires pro tempore in Belarus Jean-Eric Holzapfel gave an interview to BelTA and said that the agreement regulated trade relations. He stressed that trade was an important element of the cooperation between the EU and Belarus. It is a separate branch that needs a legal base to develop properly, said Jean-Eric Holzapfel.