MINSK, 8 October (BelTA) – Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Armen Ghevondyan, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The parties discussed important issues related to the development of bilateral Belarusian-Armenian relations, interaction between Minsk and Yerevan in international arena and within integration structures, progress in the implementation of a number of joint projects.

The delegation of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by Armen Ghevondyan took part in the ministerial consultations of the two countries. The Belarusian delegation was headed by First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Aleksandr Guryanov. The parties considered the whole range of Belarus-Armenia cooperation and outlined the key areas of its intensification. Special attention was paid to the cooperation between the parties in the integration structures (EAEU, CIS, and CSTO) and international platforms (UN and OSCE).

The parties praised the state of Belarus-Armenia dialogue in bilateral and multilateral formats, confirmed their intention to support its development through the ministries of foreign affairs of the two countries, and discussed practical aspects of the forthcoming joint events at different levels.

A protocol on expanding the Belarus-Armenia intergovernmental agreement on visa-free travels of citizens and an intergovernmental agreement on readmission were signed on the sidelines of the consultations.