Belarusian-Ukrainian cooperation

On Monday, 4 August, leaders of Belarus and Ukraine spoke on the phone.

ONT has published a video from the meeting of the contact group in Zaslauye. Donetsk separatists are shown there.

Belarus is a good place for negotiations but it is not good enough to be an intermediary. Lukashenka will benefit from the negotiations in Minsk.

Ukraine ex-President Leonid Kuchma has met Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zubarev in Belarus.

The Interior Ministry of Belarus says this number is growing amid escalating violence in eastern Ukraine.

The Belarus leader seems to be on equally good terms with Kiev and Moscow.

Minsk expects Kiev now to lift the restrictive duties on Belarusian goods.

The imports of potatoes are temporarily restricted by Belarus effective from July 10, according to Russian media reports.

The initiative has been proposed by local civil activists. Officials claim that they know nothing about it.