{"id":177948,"date":"2026-03-03T19:20:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/177948\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"foreign-minister-in-togo-signs-accord-on-visa-free-travel-for-officials","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/177948\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign minister in Togo signs accord on visa-free travel for officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 3, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Belarusian foreign minister signed on March 2 an agreement on visa-free travel for officials during his ongoing visit to Togo, said the foreign office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d and his counterpart, Robert Dussey, also signed a memorandum on political consultations between their ministries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk views Togo as a priority partner in Africa and an important hub for access to Sahel countries,\u201d Ry\u017eanko\u016d is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foreign minister informed his counterpart about education opportunities in Belarus, the High-Tech Part and the National Academy of Sciences. He also handed Dussey draft agreements between commerce chambers, on agricultural ties and export credit for consideration.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Lome, Ry\u017eanko\u016d, accompanied by Belarusian agriculture and industry officials, met with Togo\u2019s Agriculture Minister Antoine Lekpa Gbegbeni, with the latter reportedly expressing interest in equipment deliveries, assistance with irrigation and the creation of state-of-the-art warehouse infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the first day of his visit, Ry\u017eanko\u016d met with Prime Minister Faure Gnassingb\u00e9 to hand an invitation from Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka to visit Belarus. The invitation was accepted, and the date of the visit will be set via diplomatic channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus and Togo do not have diplomatic missions on each other\u2019s territory. Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Biaskosty, Belarus\u2019 ambassador to Nigeria from 2013 to 2018, represented the country in Togo. After his departure, Minsk has had no diplomat responsible for ties with the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ry\u017eanko\u016d is expected to travel from Togo to Ghana. His tour is part of Minsk\u2019s broader effort to boost economic ties with African, Asian and South American countries amid tensions with European neighbors and economic struggles in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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