The foreign Ministry of Belarus confirmed that the chief Minister Vladimir Makei will visit Ukraine on a working visit, during which he will discuss with his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin the negotiation process on the resolution of the conflict situation in the Donbass.

before on the Internet office of the Ukrainian government claimed that the head of the foreign Ministry of Belarus will visit Ukraine August 12-16.

"The twelfth of August 2015 will start a working visit to Ukraine foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei," said the Belarusian Ministry.

As told in the foreign Ministry, in the process of negotiations with Klimkin and a number of other meetings " will be held to discuss the whole spectrum of issues of the Belarusian-Ukrainian relations in trade, economic and political spheres, interaction within international organizations ".

"It is also expected to discuss the progress of the negotiation process on settlement of the situation in the East of Ukraine ", - told in the foreign Ministry of Belarus.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 6, 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass discussed during the meeting in Minsk of the contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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