Moscow hosts Belarusian-Russian ministerial consultations

      The Belarusian-Russian consultations on Africa and Middle East took place in Moscow, the Foreign Ministry of Belarus reported.
      Partaking in the consultations was Head of the Department for Africa and Middle East of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus Igor Leshchenya, Director of the Department for Middle East and Northern Africa of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergei Vershilin, and Director of the Department for Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Kryukov.
       Bilateral cooperation in the region was also discussed at a meeting of Igor Leshchenya with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Bogd