A joint statement at the end of the meeting said the two sides remained committed to the agreements reached after the end of last year’s 44-day “second Karabakh war”.

Ukraine’s State Property Fund has organised more than 1,500 privatisation auctions and raised some $82.9 million in 2021.

The EU accuses Lukashenko of enticing the migrants to Belarus as a stepping stone to the EU across the Polish border by arranging additional flights, facilitating visas and accommodation.