Civic society involvement in Eastern Partnership under discussion in Minsk

A conference has opened in Minsk on the role of civic society in the European Union's Eastern Partnership program.   Addressing the participants, Jean-Eric Holzapfel, charge d’affaires of the European Commission’s delegation to Belarus, said that the European Commission had suggested establishing a civic society forum within the Eastern Partnership.

 

The Belarusian foreign ministry ignored an invitation to send a speaker to the conference, BelaPAN reported.