Press release on a joint meeting of the Collegiums of the Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov
25 November 2025 16:37
1968-25-11-2025
On November 25, Moscow hosted an annual joint meeting of the Collegiums of the Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries. The other day, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov.
The ministers discussed key issues of collaboration between the national foreign ministries and diplomatic support to foster integration. They coordinated positions on a wide range of international issues. The sides reaffirmed their determination to provide mutual allied support and to jointly uphold common interests on the global arena.
During the joint meeting of the Collegiums of the Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries, the sides analysed the implementation of the previous meeting's decisions and summed up preliminary results of implementing the bilateral programme of agreed-upon actions in the foreign policy of the states parties to the Treaty on Establishing the Union State, in 2024-2026. The participants charted collaboration guidelines for jointly using humanitarian policy tools, promoting traditional values and preserving historical memory. They agreed to continue closely coordinating expanded cooperation with friendly states and associations and jointly maintaining relations with unfriendly countries and organisations, including efforts to counter their aggressive policy of sanctions and legal aggression. The sides agreed to expand joint efforts in providing information support for their foreign policy. Following the meeting, they signed a resolution approved by both Collegiums and a plan of consultations between the national foreign ministries in 2026.
The next joint meeting of the Collegiums of the Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries is scheduled to be held in the fourth quarter of 2026.
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