(ANSA) - TRIESTE, APRIL 4 - CEI secretary-general Roberto Antonione and a delegation of the CEI-Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES), including alternate secretary-general Antal Nicoletti, deputy secretary-general Zoran Jovanovic, and senior officers, visited Poland and Belarus on 1-3 April and had meetings with high government officials of the two countries. The main goal of the mission was to discuss the future strategic direction of the Organisation and further possibilities for enhancing cooperation in the framework of the CEI. Possibilities of an enhanced involvement of Poland and Belarus in the Organisation's activities were also explored. In Warsaw, the delegation met with the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Szymon Szynkowski as well as with representatives of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. In Minsk, high-level meetings were held with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makeiandwith the President of the State Committee for Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Shumilin and their respective delegations. A special seminar was held at the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the preparation of applications for CEI co-financing through the CEI Cooperation Fund and the CEI Know-how Exchange Programme.(ANSA).