KYIV, Sept 24 – Ukraine asked for the postponement of the Ukrainian-Belarusian III Forum of Regions, which was to be held in Grodno on October 8-9 with the participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, for a year, Belarusian Ambassador to Ukraine Igor Sokol has said.

"The Forum of the Regions of Belarus and Ukraine in Grodno in October was planned as a central event on the bilateral track. ... In July, we sent invitations on behalf of the Belarusian government to all heads of Ukrainian regions. As of August, confirmation of participation was received from half of the regions of Ukraine. An official visit of Volodymyr Zelensky to Belarus was being worked out ... Just the other day, the Ukrainian side approached us with the initiative to postpone the Forum to 2021," the ambassador said in an interview with the Ukraine Business Review newspaper, answering the question about the fate of the Forum of Regions with the participation of the presidents of Belarus and Ukraine.