Belarus Foreign Ministry confirms Makei called US State Department

Belarus Foreign Ministry building / sb.by
Belarus Foreign Ministry building / sb.by

Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makei recently had several conversations with the leadership of the US State Department, tut.by journalists learned from the Belarusian MFA. However, the Ministry refuses to disclose any the details of the conversations.

“In those conversations, various aspects of the Belarus-US relations were discussed, including the possibilities for their improvement. According to the rules of diplomatic ethics, the details of these negotiations would not be disclosed,” tut.by quoted the Foreign Ministry spokesman Anatol Hlaz.

Earlier it was reported that Belarus had decided to lift restrictions on the number of US diplomats in our country. This was what, according to the American Foreign Policy magazine, Uladzimir Makei said in a telephone conversation with the leadership of the US State Department on 10 January.

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