On 27-28 March 2015 Minsk hosted the first conference of the Minsk Dialogue Track-II Initiative. The conference was aimed at finding ways to bridge the existing differences between the EU, Russia and Eastern Partnership countries. At the conference, leading experts, academics and representatives of the diplomatic corps analyzed the causes of the regional divide and ways of overcoming it, paying particular attention to the role of the Minsk dialogue Track-II Initiative " in further improvement of relations in the region.