MINSK, 6 May (BelTA) – The 9th edition of the Belarusian international media forum will be held on 8-12 June, BelTA learnt from First Deputy Information Minister Liliya Ananich.

In the previous years the media forum was held in the second half of May. This year, however, the forum has been postponed till the following month. According to Liliya Ananich, it is, first of all, due to the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from the Nazis and the 2014 IIHF World Championship in Minsk.

The media forum will be held under the motto “Partnership for the Future: the Global World Realities”. The participation in the event has already been confirmed by 20 countries. The preparations for the forum are in full swing.

The Belarusian international medial forum is a traditional discussion platform for exchanging opinions and working out new ideas and concepts by representatives of the expert and media community of the CIS and non-CIS countries. The forum is organized by the Information Ministry of Belarus, the Union State Permanent Committee, the CIS Interstate Fund of Humanitarian Cooperation, the Belarusian Union of Journalists.