Minsk to host CEI Summit on 12 December

     Minsk will host the Heads of Government of the Central European Initiative member states on 12 December, spokesman for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Mironchik told a press briefing.
The spokesman disclosed some of the details of the forthcoming event:

    "As of today, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia will send the high-level government delegations to MInsk. We are still waiting on the confirmation from a number of countries. The main theme of the summit is the role of CEI countries in promoting compatibility and complementarity between the various integration processes in a greater Europe, strengthening pragmatic economic cooperation between different integration associations, joining the efforts in confronting new threats to the stability in the region. The summit will adopt the CEI plan of action for 2018-2020. This is the main document of the organization.
It determines the areas of project activities in the future. During the meeting the CEI chairmanship will be handed over from Belarus to Croatia.
With regard to the Belarusian presidency in the CEI, it was very successful. This is confirmed by our partners. We also think that our results are very positive. First, I would like to mention the meeting of the CEI Foreign Ministers, a successful ministerial scientific conference on biotechnologies and pharmaceutics. For the first time in the CEI history Belarus held a meeting of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the CEI member states."

Dmitry Mironchik also mentioned that the fourth meeting of the Belarus-EU Coordination Group is scheduled for December 2017. The agenda will include the development of the political dialogue between Belarus and the European Union and the strengthening of sectoral cooperation.
The Belarusian part of the group, led by a deputy minister of foreign affairs, comprises representatives of different government bodies.