Ministers of Culture of Belarus and Ukraine discussed potential cooperation projects

July 12, Vitebsk /Corr. BELTA/. Ministries of Culture of Belarus and Ukraine are interested in further cooperation. The implementation of potential projects was discussed at a working meeting in Vitebsk by the Minister of Culture of Belarus Pavel Latushko and the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine Mikhail Kulinayk, the press secretary of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus Anna Smolyanskaya told a BELTA correspondent.

In particular, the ministers discussed prospects in the field of education, museum and library affairs, and the possibility of exchange tours of the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre and the Ivan Franko National Theatre.

The Belarusian side noted its interest in further cooperation with leading Ukrainian universities in organizing internships for students, postgraduate students, doctoral students, and teachers of universities in the field of culture and arts. In addition, the ministers discussed the organization and holding of a presentation in Belarus on preferential terms in the field of film production with the participation of filmmakers and specialists from Ukraine and other countries. The interlocutors paid special attention to issues of cooperation within the framework of the Council of Europe's regional program "Kyiv Initiative".

Pavel Latushko expressed gratitude for the assistance in implementing the initiative of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus to erect a monument to the outstanding Belarusian writer and poet Vladimir Korotkevich in Kyiv.-0-