29 May 2002
Poland, Belarus agree to establish Belovezhskaya Pushcha Poland, Belarus agree to establish Belovezhskaya Pushcha

 An agreement establishing the Belovezhskaya Pushcha (Bialowieza) euroregion was signed in the eastern Polish town of Hajnowka on May 27.
The ceremony on the occasion was attended by the Polish foreign minister and the heads of the districts in which the 160-hectare Belovezhskaya Pushcha (Bialowieza) forest is located - the Pruzhany, Kamenets and Svisloch districts in Belarus and nine districts in Poland.
With highly developed tourist services and science, the Polish part of the reserve is reportedly in much better condition than the Belarusian one. The forest holds the Council of Europe's European Diploma for Protected Areas.