Belarus Weekly: Hungarian foreign minister, German right-wing MP visit Belarus
In February 2015, the leaders of Ukraine, France, Germany, and Russia met in Minsk to hold talks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2014.
Following the 15-hour-long talks, the second Minsk Agreement was reached, intended to stop Russia’s war in Ukraine’s east. The agreement envisioned a ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line, release of prisoners of war, granting self-government to Russian-occupied regions, and restoring Ukrainian control of the occupied parts of Ukraine’s state border.
The agreement was never implemented.
In 2022, Belarus supported Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.
(L-R): Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko pose for a photo during the summit in Minsk, Belarus, on Feb. 11, 2015. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Hungary's foreign minister makes a controversial visit to Minsk amid talks of fresh EU sanctions against Belarus.
Meanwhile, relations between Warsaw and Minsk continue to deteriorate as Belarus sentences a Polish-Belarusian journalist to eight years in prison.
Poland blocks one of its three remaining crossings into Belarus.
Belarusian authorities sentence more railway saboteurs who helped stall Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian official Mykhailo Podolyak says he sees "no reason to develop relations" with Belarus' opposition, sparking a response from Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
A German lawmaker from the right-wing Alternative for Germany party visits Belarus on a secret trip.
