Belarusian Foreign Ministry summarizes results of workshop for diplomats

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus today summarized the results of the annual seminar of heads of diplomatic missions, which was held in the capital these days. About 60 Belarusian diplomats came to Minsk to synchronize their watches. Modern realities require stress resistance, creative approach to work and ability to think ahead from ambassadors and attorneys. Not all countries are ready for dialog, but Belarus continues to demonstrate its peace-loving qualities and readiness to build good relations.

Mr. Sergei Sinkevich, Charge d'Affaires of Belarus in Finland:

Despite a long history of productive interaction since the Soviet times, Finland with efforts worthy of better application is tearing, one could say alive both political, economic, and humanitarian contacts with both Belarus and Russia. Just recently, the parliament of this country ratified a bilateral agreement with the United States, allowing American military personnel to be stationed at about 20 bases across the country.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization - FAO - has recently been forced to become a political rather than technical organization. This year, the organization's Council was able to gather courage under pressure from a whole group of countries and commissioned its experts to analyze the impact of all measures: political, economic, financial - on food security. We are confident that the results of the expert work will help us to analyze the impact of all measures - political, economic, financial - on food security."