Diplomatic Circles

Belarus envoy starting ‘from scratch’

Dmitry Basik, the new chargé d'affaires of Belarus, is in a hurry to get diplomatic dialogue going after Canada last month announced it would lift sanctions on the country.The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash

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BY CHELSEA NASH

June 29, 2016

After the Canadian government announced it would lift sanctions from his country on May 7, Dmitry Basik has a very clear goal at the top of his priority list: start a trade and investment relationship with Canada “from sc...

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