MINSK, 15 March (BelTA) – During the ongoing session of the Espoo Convention Implementation Committee in Geneva Belarus once again invited Lithuania to join the professional bilateral dialogue about the Belarusian nuclear power plant project, BelTA learned from the Twitter account of the office of Belarus' resident representative in the UN office and other international organizations in Geneva.
“Belarus has once again invited Lithuania to join the professional bilateral dialogue about the Belarusian nuclear power plant,” the text reads. Belarus has waited till Lithuania is ready to talk directly about the Belarusian nuclear power plant, BelTA has been told.
The 35th session of the Implementation Committee of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) is scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland on 15-17 March. Delegations of Belarus and Lithuania are taking part in the event on the first day of the session upon the invitation of the Implementation Committee. The Belarusian delegation is led by First Deputy Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Iya Malkina. The delegation also includes Belarusian Deputy Energy Minister Mikhail Mikhadyuk.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) expects the signatories to notify and consult each other about all the major projects that can have a considerable negative transboundary impact on the environment. Belarus became a party to the Convention on 8 February 2006.
BelTA reported earlier that in June 2011 Lithuania contacted the Espoo Convention Implementation Committee complaining about Belarus' failure to observe the Convention while planning the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. After looking into the matter the Committee and later on the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention gave recommendations both to Belarus and Lithuania on ways to ensure the fulfillment of the Convention with regard to the Belarusian nuclear power plant project. The recommendations also encouraged the two countries to work together.
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