{"id":86578,"date":"2024-05-22T15:24:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86578\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-serbias-foreign-ministers-discuss-boosting-ties","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86578\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019, Serbia\u2019s foreign ministers discuss boosting ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 22, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian Foreign Minister Siarhiej Alejnik and his Serbian counterpart Marko \u0110uri\u0107 have discussed potential contacts for 2024 in a phone call, the Belarusian foreign ministry reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The officials reiterated \u201cmutual readiness to strengthen cooperation, continue political and intersectoral dialogue,” it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The diplomats also discussed interaction at the United Nations, noting the proximity of views and “mutual desire to continue coordinated activities to address key issues on the international agenda.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus and Serbia are willing to resist “attempts to distort certain historical events in the Balkans,” the ministry added, commenting on the conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, Serbia joined the European Union\u2019s sanctions against Minsk and supported sanction packages approved after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January 2022, the Belarusian government extended a food embargo to Serbia in response to the sanctions. The ban on food imports from \u201cunfriendly countries,\u201d including Serbia, is in force until the end of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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