Board of foreign ministries held in Minsk

26 ноября 2020
The dialogue on Belarusian-Russian cooperation continued at a joint meeting of the foreign ministries of the two countries. Such meetings are of a regular systemic nature and allow to promptly respond to any questions.

In particular, Sergei Lavrov was asked whether the information about the Kremlin's unofficial contacts with representatives of the Belarusian opposition was true.

Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia:

"He not only speaks about the possibility of informal contacts with Moscow, he claims that such contacts are held, that they are coordinated, he claims dishonestly that he cannot give names, but contacts are held at a sufficiently high level," the minister said. This is a complete lie. And once again it characterizes those who are trying to make a career on foreign bread," he said.

Vladimir Makei, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus: "We just see the attempts of opponents of the government, who left for the neighboring countries, to influence the situation in Belarus and change the regime. The opponents are now calling for economic pressure, economic sanctions, which will actually have a negative impact on the well-being of people."

Vladimir Makei also noted that Belarus will oppose attempts to interfere in the country's internal affairs. And the actions directed against our state will not remain without the answer.