European Commissioner Johannes Hahn arrives in Minsk

The Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn will visit Belarus on April 16 and 17. He will meet representatives of the authorities, opposition, civil society and political prisoners’ relatives.

By the way, the politician met Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski a day before his arrival to Minsk.

The Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations visited Belarus in 2010 last time. Johannes Hahn’s predecessor Štefan Füle arrived in Minsk for negotiations twice. This is Hahn’s first visit to Belarus.

Johannes Hahn took the position on November 1, 2014. He is 57 years old and he is a member of the Österreichische Volkspartei. Hahn previously served as European Commissioner for Regional Policy for 4 years.

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