Belarus and Ukraine to strengthen cooperation on Chernobyl

26 апреля 2017

Today, President Alexander Lukashenko visited the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, where in April 1986 a man-made disaster occurred. The President stated that Belarus and Ukraine need to strengthen their cooperation on the Chernobyl issue.

In Chernobyl, Alexander Lukashenko was met by Petro Poroshenko himself. Together, the two presidents honoured the memory of the late Chernobyl liquidators. They laid flower baskets to the Memory Wall of the memorial complex Heroes of Chernobyl. The presidents also visited the interim storage facility and got acquainted with the construction of a new safe sarcophagus over the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. This facility is a multifunctional complex for the transformation of a destroyed station into an environmentally friendly system. Alexander Lukashenko and Petro Poroshenko paid special attention to maintaining radiation safety at the proper level, since this affects the interests of both countries.

Also today, Petro Poroshenko paid a return visit to Belarus. At the moment, the leaders of the two countries are negotiating one-on-one in Liaskovichi. The heads of states are discussing bilateral cooperation in trade and economy, as well as political interaction, the international agenda, and further efforts for peaceful settlement of the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.