KIEV, June 18 – Ukraine and Belarus have exchanged instruments of ratification of a treaty on their state borders dated May 12, 1997.

The relevant protocol was signed in Kiev on Tuesday following Ukrainian-Belarusian talks held as part of the official visit of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to Ukraine.

The document was signed by Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and Ukrainian First Deputy Foreign Minister Ruslan Demchenko.