Lavrov to pay working visit to Belarus on 14-15 June

According to Maria Zakharova, Sergey Lavrov is set to hold a number of meetings, including with Belarusian Foreign Affairs Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov. “During the meetings, a wide range of current issues of bilateral cooperation and the international agenda will be discussed. Special attention will be paid to diplomatic support for integration processes within the Union State [of Belarus and Russia] and to strengthening the international profile of this association,” she said. “A schedule of key joint events and bilateral contacts will be outlined. The ministers will review practical aspects of Russia-Belarus ministerial contacts and cooperation, including preparations for a joint meeting of the boards of the two foreign ministries: it will take place in the fourth quarter of this year in Belarus. At this meeting, in particular, it is planned to sign a program of coordinated actions in foreign policy of the states-parties to the Union State Treaty for the next three-year period, that is, from 2027 to 2029.”

A traditional coordination of positions is expected on matters of foreign-policy cooperation within Eurasian integration structures, various international organizations, as well as in building relations with third countries. “The joint initiatives will be reviewed, including those aimed at countering the sanctions and legal pressure of the collective West, forming a new architecture of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia, and developing a Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st century,” the Russian MFA spokesperson added.