BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

2005-08-19 10:19:14

Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Georgia meet on closer ties

KIEV, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Heads of state of Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Georgia met on Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula Thursday to discuss how to improve their relations and regional cooperation.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his Polish counterpart, Aleksander Kwasniewski, met for one-to-one talks Thursday and discussed the issue of neighboring Belarus, which is now in dispute with Poland over the status of ethnic Poles there.

Yushchenko then met with Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus on ways to boost trade and cooperation in the Baltic and Black Searegions.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili joined the three presidents later.

One day before, Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka expressed his hope to set up a working group with Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia to coordinate their policies toward Belarus

Source:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/19/content_3375264.htm