Sputnik is live as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Belarusian counterpart Maxim Ryzhenkov speak at a joint meeting of the Collegium of the Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries in Brest.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that "such meetings have been held annually since 2000."
She added that a resolution is intended to be adopted based on the results of the meeting and a plan approved for inter-ministerial consultations in 2025.
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