The head of Latvia Andris Berzins ready to meet with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, if He will attend the Eastern partnership summit in Riga, informs an Internet portal.

first about the fact that Latvia, which is chairing this year in the EU is ready to invite Lukashenka at the Eastern partnership summit, said state Secretary of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Latvia Andrew Pildegovics. According to his statement, "at previous summits, Alexander Lukashenko did not represent Belarus at the conference" Latvia is ready to invite the President of Belarus ". He also clarified that the level of representation at the Riga summit will be depending on Belarus and if there is a "counter-movement" from Minsk, they will be at all the events.

As informs a portal, Berzins said about the fact that he is ready to hold a formal meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, if he will arrive at the summit of " Eastern partnership ", which will be held in Riga at the end of may.

"Eastern partnership" project, created by the European Union. Its main goal is the convergence of the EU with six countries: Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and Belarus.

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