Lavrov arrived to Belarus on working visit
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived in Minsk to participate in a joint meeting of the boards of Belarusian and Russian foreign ministries, RIA Novosti reports
Joint meetings of the boards of Belarusian and Russian foreign ministries have been held annually since 2020. According to the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, ‘they are effective mechanisms for synchronising the efforts of the two states on the world stage’.
Implementation of the provisions of the programme of co-ordinated actions in the field of foreign policy of the parties to the Union State Treaty for 2022-2023 will be studied. Issues of co-operation in the field of foreign policy planning, co-ordination of actions with regard to the EU, NATO and the Council of Europe, joint work within the OSCE will be touched upon, and special attention will be paid to liaisons on multilateral platforms in the field of arms control, as well as to countering the Western policy of politicisation of international organisations involved into economic and human rights problems.
A resolution will be signed following the meeting, in addition to a plan of inter-ministerial consultations for 2023 and an intergovernmental memorandum of understanding on biological safety.
The Russian Foreign Minister visited Belarus in late December 2022. He then held negotiations with Belarus’ Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik.
