Foreign Ministers of Belarus and the EU held talks

This was reported on the website of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

“During the conversation, the parties discussed the state and prospects of relations between Belarus and the European Union.

The Belarusian side reaffirmed its principled readiness for an equal and mutually respectful dialogue with the EU.

They emphasized the futility of the sanctions and the counter-productivity of the sanctions approaches for the development of relations between Belarus and the EU, ”the statement says.

It is noted that the parties agreed to maintain open channels for dialogue.

Earlier Borrell condemned the decision of Belarus to cut the diplomatic missions of Poland and Lithuania.

On October 2, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry asked Poland and Lithuania to reduce the diplomatic presence in Belarus to 18 and 14 diplomats, respectively, by October 9.