According to the Lithuanian MFA, Lithuanian deputy foreign minister Andrius Krivas and Belarusian deputy foreign minister Alena Kupchyna discussed the “human rights situation and the issues, on which the European Union and its member states have serious differences with Belarus”. Andrius Krivas visited Belarus on march 28. According to Embassy of Lithuania in Minsk the politicians discussed, among other issues, the situation of human rights. The European Union is condemning the situation of political prisoners in Belarus. “What is expected in the near future will be to normalize the relations of Belarus with the European Union and the release and rehabilitation of political prisoners” – one may read in a press release.