© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Belarusian Overseas Minister Vladimir Makei seems to be on throughout a joint information convention with Iran’s Overseas Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran October 26, 2022. WANA (West Asia Information Company)/Handout through REUTERS
(Reuters) – Belarus Overseas Minister Vladimir Makei has died on the age of 64, state information company Belta reported on Saturday.
“Overseas Minister Vladimir Makei has handed away out of the blue,” Belta reported.
Makei had held his put up since 2012.
He had attended a convention of the Collective Safety Treaty Group (CSTO) – a army alliance of a number of put up soviet states – in Yerevan earlier this week and was as a result of meet Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Monday.
Earlier than the presidential elections and mass anti-government protests in Belarus in 2020, Makei had been one of many initiators of efforts to enhance Belarus’ relations with the West and had criticised Russia.
Nonetheless, he abruptly modified his stance after the beginning of the protests, claiming they have been impressed by brokers of the West.
“We’re shocked by the reviews of the dying of the Head of the Ministry of Overseas Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Makei,” Russian international ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova posted in her Telegram channel. “Official condolences can be revealed quickly.”
