Alexander Lukashenko receives Christoph Leitl and Karlheinz Kopf on Tuesday

18 октября 2015

Alexander Lukashenko received President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl and Second President of the National Council of Austria Karlheinz Kopf on Tuesday. If Belarus’ proposal “to open a new page and move on” has been unchanged for the past many years, the statements made by the Austrian partners on Tuesday sounded totally new. Moreover, the expression they used was “a new era”.

Karlheinz Kopf, the Second President of the National Council of Austria: “There are no random coincidences, and I believe that our meeting is not a coincidence, but a favourable set of circumstances. Last Sunday, you won a landslide victory in the presidential elections and yesterday, the European Union took the first step towards the lifting of sanctions. I am sure, that this will be followed by other steps, including in our relations. Belarus and Austria are entering a new era of cooperation.”

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