Lavrov: Belarus, Russia preparing new three-year action plan to strengthen Union State
Belarus and Russia are preparing a new action plan to strengthen the Union State and implement the Union State Treaty for 2024-2026 – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists today after his meeting with the President of Belarus. In particular, he recalled that there is a practice of adopting two-year programmes for co-ordinated foreign policy actions on the world stage.
“The 2022-2023 programme is currently being implemented, and we are preparing another document for approval by the Union State Supreme State Council for the next two years. As part of the implementation of these joint actions, we annually hold joint meetings of the two countries’ foreign ministries. Moreover, today we reported to the President of Belarus on how the foreign ministries are involved in the support and implementation of 28 Union State programmes. They are almost 70 percent completed. Everything is going according to schedule. At the same time, a new action plan is being prepared to strengthen the Union State and implement the Union State Treaty for 2024-2026.”
Sergei Lavrov also informed that during the meeting with the Belarusian leader, the parties shared views on how the external situation around the events in Ukraine is developing as part of Russia’s special military operation, “We share a common position here on what goals should be achieved and how to ensure that neither Russia nor Belarus are threatened by our neighbours. Everything that needs to be done on the direct instructions of the two presidents is being implemented. Our leaders regularly talk about this when they communicate. Last year, they had ten meetings which underlines the special nature of relations within the framework of the Union State and the special role that our presidents play in promoting the legitimate interests of each of our countries and the Union State as a whole in the international arena.”
