Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Valentin Rybakov participates in the UN ministerial dialogue on energy issues

On May 20, 2015 at UN headquarters in New York Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Valentin Rybakov took part in the ministerial dialogue on energy issues.

This event was organized for the first time within the forum of the UN Secretary-General's initiative “Sustainable Energy for All”.

The Belarusian diplomat presented the approaches of Belarus to the development of multilateral energy cooperation under the UN auspices. Valentin Rybakov recalled the initiative of Belarus to form a comprehensive UN energy agenda as a single platform to discuss all relevant energy issues with the leading role of the Member States of the Organization.

According to the Belarusian representative, energy is becoming increasingly important in the context of transition to the new period of sustainable development. Joint efforts of states, business community and other players will be crucial in ensuring availability of environmentally sound energy sources and relevant technologies.

Valentin Rybakov expressed his opinion that such an approach will contribute to the successful implementation of the new sustainable development programme for the period until 2030, will make an important contribution to solving the global climate change issue and will take into account the interests of economic and social development of all interested states and groups of countries.

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