EU official heading to Belarus

Hugo Mingarelli, Deputy Secretary General of the General Secretarate for External Relations at the European Commission, is on August 29 expected in Minsk with a two-day visit. He is planned to meet with Belarus Foreign Minister Siarhei Martynau, representatives of the civil society and OSCE election observers.  The press office of the European Commission said the release of political prisoners "along with further steps towards the respect of democracy, human rights and the rule of law will confirm the positive impulse and allow a gradual dialogue between the European Union and Belarus".

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