Polish Foreign Ministry assesses prospects for normalization of relations with Belarus
The Minister of foreign Affairs of Poland Radoslaw Sikorski assessed the prospects of normalization of relations with Minsk after a meeting with the Minister of foreign Affairs of Poland.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski assessed the prospects for normalizing relations with Minsk after a meeting with Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. It's reported by sb.by.
According to BelTA, citing RMF24, the Polish foreign minister called the meeting a “breakthrough”, noting that “relations between the two countries at this level probably have not existed since 2016”. In addition, contacts between the countries take place between other ministries and at other levels.
Radoslaw Sikorski also announced plans to open a new Polish embassy building in Minsk soon. Speaking about the prospects for normalization of relations with Belarus, the Polish minister noted:
“It’s like a snowdrop that can bloom if the weather is favorable.”.
Earlier, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry reported that the heads of the foreign ministries of Belarus and Poland held a meeting on September 22 on the sidelines of the high-level segment of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. In particular, it was devoted to assessing the state of Belarusian-Polish relations and ways of their further development in the interests of the peoples of the two countries. The parties also discussed the situation in the region.
Ryzhenkov held a number of official meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York
