Minsk, 5 November, . Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Yermukhambet Konuspayev and Foreign Minister of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov confirmed in Minsk on 4 November their interest in further strengthening political dialogue, and following consultations the two ministries signed a cooperation plan for 2027–2028, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said.
The same day the Belarusian ministry held political consultations at the level of deputy ministers: Konuspayev and his Belarusian counterpart Pavel Utyupin discussed the current state and prospects of Kazakh-Belarusian cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats and exchanged views on interaction within regional integration associations and other international organisations. According to the Kazakh Foreign Ministry, the sides noted with satisfaction the steady development of relations and confirmed their readiness for close interaction between the foreign policy agencies in order to strengthen the “Kazakh-Belarusian strategic partnership”.
What it means: The foreign policy ministries of the two countries have fixed a plan of joint work two years ahead. The text of the document has not been published.
Who benefits: The ministry names a general goal: strengthening the strategic partnership of the two countries. For whom the content of the plan is useful is unknown: its text and list of events were not published.
Background: Inter-ministerial consultations are meetings of deputy ministers of two foreign policy agencies at which they discuss bilateral cooperation and interaction on international platforms. The same period, 2027–2028, was chosen on the same day by Tajikistan and Uzbekistan for a roadmap of interparliamentary cooperation.
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