Belarus Hopes for Public Diplomacy in Dialogue with EU

10.02.2011 16:49
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus commented on the decision of Germany and Estonia to make free national visas for Belarusians. According to the spokesman of the Republic of Belarus Andrei Savinykh, Belarus will able to convey the truth about the situation in the country to the Europeans "at least at the level of public diplomacy."

«Belarus’s readiness to engage in constructive dialogue with Europe remains unchanged. We perceive these steps positively, as any others, aimed to develop contacts between our countries,» BelTA quotes the head of the information of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

According to press secretary of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, the official Minsk will not change this position, «even today, when Europe is seeking to terminate the dialogue at the governmental level and making decisions that deepen the dividing lines in Europe.»

Andrei Savinykh added that the political «establishment» is trying every way to retouch the information about the real situation in Belarus, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can only regret that the decision to abolish fees for German and Estonian visas covers «only limited and small categories of visits.»

As Telegraf previously reported, the German authorities and Estonia decided to cancel the national visa consular fees for Belarusian citizens on February 4 and March 1 respectively.

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