Minsk to host CIS ministerial consultations on OSCE, EU matters Oct 30-31

MINSK. KAZINFORM The CIS ministerial consultations on the cooperation of the CIS member states in the OSCE and with the European Union will take place in Minsk on October 30-31, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus.

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The consultations will focus on the preparations for the 21st meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel (4-5 December 2014) and the CIS-EU cooperation, including the Eastern Partnership initiative and the EU strategy for Central Asia.

The Foreign Ministry of Belarus will also host Belarusian-Russian ministerial consultations.

A delegation of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus will be led by head of the Department for Pan-European Cooperation Denis Sidorenko, BelTA reports.