The head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko described the level of relations between Minsk and the West as " some warming ".
"The current level of relationship we characterize as a kind of warming ", - Lukashenka said during a meeting with Federal Minister for Europe, integration and foreign Affairs of Austria Sebastian Kurz.
The Belarusian leader said about the desire of Minsk to Austria and the West in General " we took a closer look at Belarus and has taken a number of steps in the right direction ", RIA " Novosti ". He said that before the country were tuned on the development of contacts, but then the West decided to replace tactics, has the ability to be a strategy of relations with Belarus ". He also said that he is satisfied with the level of cooperation of Belarus and Austria, however, expressed the hope that after the current visit will be followed by a more ambitious steps to develop cooperation." For its part Kurtz said that the region is experiencing " difficult times ", Recalling the situation in Ukraine." But in the other countries there is a certain tension that affects the situation in General and not affect Belarus ", - He said. The Austrian foreign Minister also recalled last year's consensus with his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei, the parties shall try to give positive dynamics in relations between countries and to make a positive contribution to relations between Belarus and the EU, the most amid the Ukrainian conflict. Before the first day of the week the Minister of foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei said that the EU now recognize Belarus in the form of donor stability, and not the causes of conflict. The head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, speaking on Wednesday with a message to the nation and Parliament, said his country lurches to the West and will always be with Russia. At the same time Lukashenko said restrained position of Belarus in Crimea allowed to start the Minsk settlement.

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