{"id":72738,"date":"2024-03-13T15:13:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/72738\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarusian-indian-foreign-ministers-discuss-economic-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/72738\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian, Indian foreign ministers discuss economic ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Siarhiej Alejnik\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Belarusian foreign ministry)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

March 13, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian Foreign Minister Siarhiej Alejnik is in New Delhi as Minsk has stepped up its effort to boost ties with African and Asian countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alejnik has passed to his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar \u0141uka\u0161enka’s message about “Belarusian-Indian relations and ways to advance them,” addressed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visit comes as Minsk seeks to mitigate international sanctions imposed over allegations of human rights abuse and Belarus’ complicity in Russia’s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian foreign ministry reported that “economic cooperation and specific cooperation projects” were the main topics of Alejnik’s conversation with his Indian counterpart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other topics included parliamentary relations, legal framework and humanitarian cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian foreign ministry said that Minsk and Delhi agreed to “start a dialogue on further visa facilitation in order to increase the mutual flows of tourists.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alejnik thanked his counterpart for supporting Belarus’ bid to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and for his “principled, positive position on our country’s accession to BRICS.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the foreign ministry, yesterday the Belarusian delegation talked to the Indian chemical industry and trade ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alejnik and Jaishankar last met on January 18 on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kampala, Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appointing former Bie\u0142lespapierpram CEO Michai\u0142 Ka\u015bko as ambassador to India on January 4, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka said relations between the two countries had “degraded.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Belarusian embassy in India, two-way trade amounted to $566.6 million in 2021. Belarusian exports were worth $375.8 million, and Indian exports were worth $190.8 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus supplied India with potash fertilizers, tractors and flax, and imported medicines, dyes and food, among other goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the major shift from the West to the East and South, Alejnik also visited Kenya in April 2023 to sign a memorandum establishing a regular political consultation mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, the Belarusian government approved a draft memorandum to set up a joint intergovernmental commission with Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Ja\u016dhien \u0160astako\u016d\u00a0visited Bangladesh this week as Minsk looks for an opportunity to tap into this potentially big market with a population of 169.4 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka visited Uzbekistan in February, Equatorial Guinea and Kenya in December and Zimbabwe in January 2023. The Belarusian ruler said he coordinated his African trips with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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