20/08/2010 Political Affairs and Democracy
Strasbourg, 20.08.2010 – Sinikka Hurskainen (Finland, SOC), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the situation in Belarus, will make a visit to Minsk from 23 to 25 August.
During her visit, she will meet the Chairman of the Council of the Republic Anatoly Rubinov, the Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the parliamentary Committee on relations with PACE Viktor Guminsky, the Minister of Justice Viktor Golovanov, the Prosecutor General Grigory Vasilevich, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Valery Voronetsky, the Minister of Information Oleg Proleskovsky and the Head of the parliamentary working group on the issue of the death penalty Nikolai Samoseiko.
Talks are also scheduled with representatives of opposition parties, NGOs and the media.