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The International Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei has died immediately on the age of 64, the nation’s overseas ministry stated Saturday.
“Vladimir Makei, Minister of International Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, has immediately handed away at present,” the International Ministry stated in its official Fb account, with out offering extra particulars concerning the circumstances surrounding the overseas minister’s demise.
The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday expressed his condolences to the household and buddies of Makei, based on an announcement revealed on the presidential web site.
Makei had been scheduled to fulfill with Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday. The Russian Ministry of International Affairs stated in an announcement that it was mourning the information of his demise, describing him as a “true pal” of Russia.
“The management and employees of the Ministry of International Affairs of the Russian Federation deeply mourn the premature demise on November 26 of this 12 months of the Minister of International Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Vladimirovich Makei,” the assertion learn.
“An excellent diplomat and statesman, a real patriot who devoted his life to serving his Motherland and defending its pursuits within the worldwide enviornment, has handed away.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich Makei was a real pal of Russia, who made a singular contribution to the excellent growth of broad bilateral cooperation, the integrating institution of the Union State, and the strengthening of ties between the fraternal peoples of Russia and Belarus.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich Makei will ceaselessly stay in our hearts as a person of a broad soul and deep knowledge, an excellent skilled, colleague and trustworthy comrade, who received the love and respect not solely of the residents of his nation, but additionally far past the borders of Belarus.”
The Russian International Ministry confirmed that Lavrov’s scheduled go to to Minsk on Monday had been postponed following Makei’s demise.
Makei was born in 1958 within the Belarusian area of Grodno, based on his official bio on the overseas ministry’s web site.
In 1980 he graduated from the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of International Languages. From 1980 to 1993 he served within the Armed Forces of the USSR and Belarus, earlier than turning into assistant to the President of Belarus. From 2008 to 2012 he served as Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus.
Vladimir Makei had been the Minister of International Affairs of Belarus since August 22, 2012. He had the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Within the lead-up to Russia’s invasion in February, Makei emphasised that nobody would assault Ukraine from the territory of Belarus. This was said throughout a phone dialog between the protection ministers of Belarus and Ukraine and reiterated by Makei at a press convention in Minsk, based on a report in Belarusian information company Belta.
Based on the minister, the phone dialog passed off on the initiative of Kyiv. He confused that Belarus at all times stands for an open dialogue and is able to conduct it on any delicate points.
“The problems had been mentioned in a optimistic means. A lot was clarified for each side, primarily for the Ukrainian aspect. From our aspect, an announcement was clearly made that nobody was going to assault,” the minister stated in feedback that had been proved incorrect a number of days later.
He added that Belarus has by no means departed from the pleasant strategy in relations with its neighbor Ukraine.
On February 28, Makei was quoted by Belta as saying that Belarus was able to contribute to the decision of the disaster between Russia and Ukraine.
“After all, all Belarusians are keen on having a concrete consequence,” he stated based on the company.