“It was decided to postpone the joint meeting of the collegiums of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Belarusian Foreign Ministry and the working visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Minsk,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
New dates for the visit and meetings of the boards of departments will be announced later.
Earlier it was reported that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei died.
The Russian Embassy in Minsk called Makei's death an irreparable loss.
The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed condolences in connection with the incident.