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The Foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei has died abruptly astatine the property of 64, the country’s overseas ministry said Saturday.
“Vladimir Makei, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, has abruptly passed distant today,” the Foreign Ministry said successful its authoritative Facebook account, without providing much details astir the circumstances surrounding the overseas minister’s death.
The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko connected Saturday expressed his condolences to the household and friends of Makei, according to a connection published connected the statesmanlike website.
Makei had been scheduled to conscionable with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov connected Monday. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said successful a connection that it was mourning the quality of his death, describing him arsenic a “true friend” of Russia.
“The enactment and unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation profoundly mourn the untimely decease connected November 26 of this twelvemonth of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Vladimirovich Makei,” the connection read.
“An outstanding diplomat and statesman, a existent patriot who devoted his beingness to serving his Motherland and protecting its interests successful the planetary arena, has passed away.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich Makei was a existent person of Russia, who made a unsocial publication to the broad improvement of wide bilateral cooperation, the integrating constitution of the Union State, and the strengthening of ties betwixt the fraternal peoples of Russia and Belarus.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich Makei volition everlastingly stay successful our hearts arsenic a antheral of a wide psyche and heavy wisdom, a superb professional, workfellow and faithful comrade, who won the emotion and respect not lone of the citizens of his country, but besides acold beyond the borders of Belarus.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Lavrov’s scheduled sojourn to Minsk connected Monday had been postponed pursuing Makei’s death.
Makei was calved successful 1958 successful the Belarusian portion of Grodno, according to his authoritative bio connected the overseas ministry’s website.
In 1980 helium graduated from the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. From 1980 to 1993 helium served successful the Armed Forces of the USSR and Belarus, earlier becoming adjunct to the President of Belarus. From 2008 to 2012 helium served arsenic Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus.
Vladimir Makei had been the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus since August 22, 2012. He had the diplomatic fertile of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
In the lead-up to Russia’s invasion successful February, Makei emphasized that nary 1 would onslaught Ukraine from the territory of Belarus. This was stated during a telephone speech betwixt the defence ministers of Belarus and Ukraine and reiterated by Makei astatine a property league successful Minsk, according to a study successful Belarusian quality bureau Belta.
According to the minister, the telephone speech took spot connected the inaugural of Kyiv. He stressed that Belarus ever stands for an unfastened dialog and is acceptable to behaviour it connected immoderate delicate issues.
“The issues were discussed successful a affirmative way. Much was clarified for some sides, chiefly for the Ukrainian side. From our side, a connection was intelligibly made that nary 1 was going to attack,” the curate said successful comments that were proved incorrect respective days later.
He added that Belarus has ne'er departed from the affable attack successful relations with its neighbour Ukraine.
On February 28, Makei was quoted by Belta arsenic saying that Belarus was acceptable to lend to the solution of the situation betwixt Russia and Ukraine.
“Of course, each Belarusians are funny successful having a factual result,” helium said according to the agency.
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