OREANDA-NEWS. The Belarusian leader is scheduled to hold talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, both one-on-one and in an extended format.

The heads of state will discuss the development of political, trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation between Belarus and Ukraine. Emphasis will be made on the current state and prospects for collaboration in economy, including in such areas as trade, investment, industrial cooperation, petrochemical industry, energy, agriculture, transport and logistics, development of interregional dialogue. The parties are also set to harmonize the approaches to the further development of cross-border cooperation.

One of the topics of the meeting will be the effort to resolve the conflict in the east of Ukraine, in which Belarus is actively involved by hosting the talks between the parties to the process.