12 June 2009
Ukraine, Belarus sign agreement on visa-free trips
KIEV, June 12 (BelTA) – An agreement on visa-free trips of citizens were signed by heads of government of Ukraine and Belarus Yulia Timoshenko and Sergei Sidorsky during a working trip of the Prime Minister of Belarus to Kiev. Yulia Timoshenko noted that the signing of the bilateral agreement on visa-free trips of citizens attests to the high level of trust, friendship and cooperation between Belarus and Ukraine. The two sides signed four more agreements on cooperation. They include a framework agreement on cooperation in peaceful exploration and use of outer space, interstate treaty on readmission, memorandum of understanding between the Foreign Ministry of Belarus and the Economy Ministry of Ukraine in the application of special anti-dumping compensatory measures in bilateral trade and a special agreement on the terms of supplies of Belarusian car tyres to Ukraine.БЕЛТА