Ukrainian interior minister cancels visit to Belarus

ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
3 Mar 05

Minsk, 3 March: The signature of a Belarusian-Ukrainian statement on
improving cooperation in combating crime that was scheduled for today
has been postponed. An ITAR-TASS correspondent learnt this at the
Belarusian Interior Ministry’s press service.

Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has not arrived in Minsk
with a delegation of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry. “We have not
found out the reason for the visit’s cancellation so far,” the press
service said, adding that on the evening of the previous day there was
full confidence that Yuriy Lutsenko would lead the delegation of
Ukrainian law-enforcement officers. The two countries’ interior
ministers were expected to have a meeting and sign the joint
statement.

The delegation of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry was invited to Minsk
for participation in the festivities dedicated to the 88th anniversary
of the Belarusian police. Invitations to attend the festivities had
been sent to the leadership of the interior ministries of Latvia,
Lithuania, Russia, and police chiefs of Armenia and Poland.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress