Events

MINSK, 13 April (BelTA) – Consultations between the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take place in Belgrade on 18 April. The Belarusian delegation will be led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Oleg Kravchenko, BelTA learned from Dmitry Mironchik, Head of the Information Office, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on 13 April.

The consultations are expected to take care of a broad range of Belarus-Serbia cooperation matters, including the advancement of political relations, trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation, humanitarian and interregional cooperation in addition to topical items on the international agenda.

Apart from the ministerial consultations Oleg Kravchenko will take part in the tenth session of the Belarusian-Serbian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation and a session of the council for cooperation between the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia and the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. These events will take place in Belgrade on 18-19 April.

Apart from that, consultations between the Belarusian and Japanese ministries of foreign affairs are expected to take place in Tokyo on 13 April. The Belarusian delegation is led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Valentin Rybakov. The consultations will focus on the entire range of topical matters relating to Belarusian-Japanese cooperation, including cooperation in politics, trade, economy, and humanitarian affairs. The development of the legal base, the exchange of visits, and ways to step up contacts between the business circles will be discussed as well.

The press secretary pointed out that Belarus’ relations with Japan advance most vigorously in humanitarian affairs. A Belarusian-Japanese working group on cooperation in overcoming consequences of the Chernobyl disaster has been established.