The head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko characterizes the current relations of the Republic with the West as " some warming ".

"The current level of relationship we characterize as a kind of warming ", - Lukashenka said on the first day of the week in Minsk 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."

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.

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