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Mexican Congress sets up friendship group with Belarusian parliament

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MINSK, 1 December (BelTA) - A friendship group with the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus has been set up in the Chamber of Deputies of the Mexican Congress. The group is headed by Magdalena Nunez, federal deputy, member of the Presidium of the Chamber of Deputies of the Mexican Congress, BelTA learned from MP of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Sergei Klishevich who is currently in Mexico on a visit.

“Despite the tough pressure and opposition to this event from the United States (deprivation of the right to enter the United States by the members of the friendship group with the Belarusian parliament), it included 17 deputies of the ruling coalition in this country,” said Sergei Klishevich.

The first meeting of the group took place on 30 November and was attended by MP Sergei Klishevich.

“On behalf of the friendship group that I have the honor to chair, I would like to extend my warmest greetings to you. The doors of the Mexican Parliament will always be open to the Belarusian nation,” Magdalena Nunez said at the first meeting of the friendship group with the Belarusian parliament. “It may seem that we are different and distant nations. But we know that your struggle has been as strong as that of our people. Thanks to your history and traditions and your strength and perseverance, you managed to gain your independence. It is extremely important that real friendly diplomatic and parliamentary relations are established between our countries, which would contribute to the development of our states.”

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