Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has thanked President Alexander Lukashenko during a telephone conversation for holding the trilateral contact group meeting for settling the situation in Donbas in Minsk, the Ukrainian presidential press office said on Monday, Aug. 4.
Poroshenko has also expressed hope that such consultations could continue and bring certain results, the press office said.
It has been reported that the meeting of the trilateral contact
group, including second Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, Russian
Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov and Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) representative, took place in Minsk on July
31.
The presidents have also discussed a wide range of issues in
political and economic bilateral relations, in particular on removing
artificial barriers in mutual trade, the press office said.
Lukashenko has assured Poroshenko that Belarus considers good
neighborly relations with Ukraine to be a priority of its foreign policy
and foreign economy activities.
The presidents have agreed to continue dialogue on a permanent basis on cooperation on bilateral and multilateral relations.
It has been reported citing the Belarusian president’s press office
that during a telephone conversation Lukashenko and Poroshenko discussed
issues of mutual trade and supplying Belarusian oil based products to
Ukraine.
“The presidents have discussed trade relations between the countries,
other pressing issues of bilateral cooperation and cooperation in the
framework of the Customs Union,” the press office said.
The Belarusian and Ukrainian presidents have paid special attention
to the topic of supplying oil products from Belarus to Ukraine, the
press office said. “Lukashenko has emphasized that Belarus realizes the
acuteness of the issues taking into account the harvesting campaign and
so, despite domestic needs, will provide Ukraine assistance in ensuring
its economy with oil products,” Lukashenko’s press office said.
