Ambassador of Belarus S.Aleinik visits Vatican

12 January 2017

12-01-2017

On January 9-12, 2017 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the United Kingdom and the Holy See non-resident, Sergei Aleinik, is paying a working visit to the Vatican.

S.Aleinik attended the New Year's audience with Pope Francis for the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See and had a brief conversation with the Pontiff.

During the visit, S.Aleinik met with State Secretary of the Vatican, Cardinal, Pietro Parolin, and the Secretary for relations with States of the Secretariat of State of the Vatican, Archbishop Paul Gallagher.

Ambassador of Belarus S.Aleinik meets the State Secretary of the Vatican, Cardinal P.Parolin

The sides discussed current issues of bilateral cooperation, including the implementation of agreements reached during the official visit of the President of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, to the Vatican in May 2016.

Ambassador of Belarus also met with the Director of the Vatican Museums, Barbara Jatta, and the Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library, Cesare Pasini, during which further steps to promote cultural cooperation were discussed.

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