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Representatives of veteran and youth organizations of the Foreign Ministries of Belarus and Russia meet in Minsk

23 May 2017

23-05-2017

On May 23, 2017 Belarusian Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting of representatives of veterans' and youth organizations of trade-unions of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and Russia.

The event took place within the framework of the visit to our country of the Russian delegation that is dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states.



The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Vladimir Makei, attended the meeting.

In his statement, V.Makei stressed that together with the existing active contacts at the level of Foreign Ministers, ministerial departments, foreign missions of Belarus and Russia, the veteran, youth and public dimension should not be overlooked.



The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus expressed his confidence that this meeting, which became the first bilateral event of this format, will promote the expansion of youth cooperation as a pillar of the preservation and further strengthening of friendly relations between Belarus and Russia.



During the meeting, the sides discussed promising areas for cooperation, implementation of joint programs and events, including those dedicated to memorable dates and significant events in bilateral relations.

Following the results of the event, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Young Diplomats Club of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry and the Council of Young Diplomats of the Russian Foreign Ministry, which laid down legal framework for the development of direct contacts between youth organizations of Foreign Offices.



In his closing remarks, V.Makei once again stressed the importance of holding such meetings on a regular basis and expressed hope that they would become a good tradition of the Foreign Offices of the two countries.



The Minister also assured that in the future the Belarusian Foreign Ministry will support initiatives aimed at the development of international youth diplomatic cooperation both in bilateral and multilateral formats.

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