Interstate relations

The best practices of Bavaria in education sphere, in particular vocational education sector are very useful for Ukraine in that regard.

NATO leaders will meet in Brussels to address the Alliance’s role in the fight against terrorism and fairer burden-sharing across NATO.

On May 18-19, 2017 the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Oleg Kravchenko, visited Greece to take part in the inter-ministerial consultations, and a number of bilateral meetings

Dmitry Medvedev meets Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.

The Council is expected to adopt a new European Consensus for Development, which will align EU development policy with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of Agenda 2030.

As a valued NATO Partner, Finland will host the 13th Annual NATO Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation from 29 to 30 May 2017 in Helsinki.

Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with leaders of China’s largest bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and the ICBC-founded Sino-CEE Investment Cooperation Fund in Beijing on Saturday.

This is the result of the talks of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and China President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

President Petro Poroshenko reminded that Ukraine has been reaching the EU visa waiver for a long time and has fulfilled 144 items of the Plan.

Ukraine welcomes the EU Council’s approval of legislative proposals liberalizing the EU visa regime for Ukraine.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to Moon Jae-in who was elected President of the Republic of Korea.

The two leaders discussed preparations for the upcoming meeting of NATO leaders in Brussels on 25 May, where burden sharing and fighting terrorism will top the agenda.

The sides discussed further efforts to support Ukraine.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykkänen will attend a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on 11 May.