On July 5, 2022 the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Evgeny Shestakov, took part in the solemn ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to Simon Bolivar in Minsk in honor of the Independence Day of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
In his speech, E.Shestakov noted a traditionally friendly nature of relations between Belarus and Venezuela, emphasized that the strategic partnership between two countries occupies a special place in the foreign policy of the Republic of Belarus.
The ceremony was attended by the representatives of the diplomatic corps, Belarusian government agencies and public organizations.