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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs takes part in the working meetings of CSTO an CEI in New York

26.09.2018

On September 26, 2018 during the high-level events of the UN General Assembly in New York the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Andrei Dapkiunas took part in a working meeting of the foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Member States (CSTO) under the presidency of Kazakhstan.

CSTO is a regional international organization established in 2002 and now comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. The main objective of the organization is to strengthen close and comprehensive relations in the foreign policy, military, military-technical spheres, coordination and joint efforts in combating international terrorism and other security threats.

The participants discussed the issues of coordination in the international organizations on multilateral agenda including those considered during the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly. As an outcome of the meeting the delegates signed three joint statements: on cooperation between the CSTO and other international organizations, on the efforts to stabilize the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, and on the situation in Afghanistan.

Andrei Dapkiunas also took part in the working meeting of the Heads of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of State Parties of the Central European Initiative (CEI).

Central European Initiative (CEI) is a regional association created in 1989 with the aim of strengthening the European regional cooperation. It is composed of 18 states. This year’s presidency in the initiative is being fulfilled by the Republic of Belarus.

The Deputy Foreign Minister drew attention to the importance of establishing a deeper and more comprehensive regional cooperation on issues of mutual interest for the countries participating in the Initiative.

During the event the delegates discussed the results of this year’s activities of CEI and highlighted the priorities for the next period.

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