{"id":209992,"date":"2026-11-01T17:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/209992\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T17:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:51:42","slug":"laotian-foreign-minister-to-visit-minsk-next-week","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/209992\/","title":{"rendered":"Laotian foreign minister to visit Minsk next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 1, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Thongsavanh Phomvihane, the foreign minister of Laos, is expected to visit Belarus next week, according to the working schedule of the House of Representatives in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phomvihane is scheduled to meet with Ihar Sierhiajenka, speaker of the lower parliamentary chamber at 4 p.m. on November 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d visited Laos in mid-July 2025 to sign an intergovernmental agreement on mutual visa-free travel. In May 2026, he met with a deputy foreign minister of Laos in Minsk and communicated his invitation to Phomvinhane to visit Belarus. He also reaffirmed Minsk\u2019s readiness to receive Thongloun Sisoulith, the president of Laos with a state visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka met with Sisoulith on September 1, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization\u2019s summit in Bishkek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka suggested at that meeting that Laos buy equipment from Belarus, while Sisoulith said the two countries could cooperate in building a second gold smelter in Laos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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