Solana: Lukashenka and Voronin will not attend Prague summit
Belarusian president and his Moldovan colleague Vladimir Voronin will not attend the Eastern Partnership summit in Prague, EU's foreign policy and security chief Javier Solana said on April 27. Addressing the council of foreign ministers of EU member states in Luxembourg, Solana said: "As for Moldova, I have an impression that he (president Vladimir Voronin) will not come. As for Lukashenka, the situation is approximately the same: I reckon he will not come".
Since the Moldovan president after the April events in Chisiniau is not rushing to the European Union, Solana's ambiguous note has become one of the latests in a series of signals addressed to the official Minsk.
Russian web-based newsapaper Gazeta.ru notes that it was circulated in the backstage conversations before the summit that EU does not expect the two presidents at the first meeting of the Eastern Partnership program. A high-ranking European diplomat said that Moldova and Belarus would be represented at a different level.
Since the Moldovan president after the April events in Chisiniau is not rushing to the European Union, Solana's ambiguous note has become one of the latests in a series of signals addressed to the official Minsk.
Russian web-based newsapaper Gazeta.ru notes that it was circulated in the backstage conversations before the summit that EU does not expect the two presidents at the first meeting of the Eastern Partnership program. A high-ranking European diplomat said that Moldova and Belarus would be represented at a different level.
