UN deputy Secretary General to visit Minsk

Antonio Mario Costa, UN Deputy Secretary General and the Executive Director of the UN Department for Drugs and Crime, will pay an official visit to Belarus on May 27 at the invitation of Belarus's Prime Minister Siarhei Sidorski. The UN high-ranking official will meet with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenka and Prime Minister Siarhei Sidorski. Mr. Costa will also have talks with Uladzimir Harkun, the first deputy chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, and Belarus's Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumau.

During the dialogue with the Belarusian interior minister, the sides will discuss cooperation in fighting crime and the implementation of agreements signed on January 22, 2008 by Belarus and UN and associated with the drug-trafficking and crime prevention.

Naviny Belarusi