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RIGA, 22 May (BelTA) – The Riga Summit participants appreciate the contribution of Belarus in facilitating the negotiations on Ukraine, reads the final declaration adopted at the Riga Summit, BelTA has learned.

The Riga Summit participants express their full support for the OSCE and its efforts through the Special Monitoring Mission and the Trilateral Contact Group. They will also continue to support all diplomatic efforts within the Normandy format and appreciate the contribution of Belarus in facilitating negotiations, reads the document.

The Summit participants also call on all parties to swiftly and fully implement the Minsk Agreements of September 2014 and the package of measures for their implementation of February 2015.

They welcome the progress achieved in the visa liberalization negotiations between the EU and Belarus, and also the accession of Belarus to the European Higher Education Area.