BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

22/06/2009

Lukashenko: Belarus, European Union, can develop partnership

Interfax-Ukraine

Belarus and the European Union can broaden mutually beneficial partnership, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner in Minsk on Monday.

"We sincerely want a good relationship, no matter how much some may dislike that," he said.

"A lot depends on our meeting. What do we want from Europe? We want [Europe] to understand that Belarus is not just the geographic center of the continent but also the place where decent, honest and hard-working people live and an independent and sovereign state," Lukashenko said.

"We want normal relations with the European continent," he concluded.

Source:

http://www.kyivpost.com/world/43760

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