Belarus and Italy Discuss Cooperation in Peacekeeping

The Belarusian military delegation headed by Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Defence Minister of Belarus Maj. Gen. Oleg Belokonev continues to attend the UN conference on peacekeeping for chiefs of general staffs.

A meeting of the head of the Belarusian military delegation with Chief of the Defence Staff of the Italian Armed Forces, General Enzo Vecciarelli, took place on the sidelines of the UN conference.

The keynote of the meeting was to maintain international peace and security.

Maj. Gen. Oleg Belokonev noted that Belarus and Italy are united not only by friendly relations, but also by common efforts to ensure international and regional security.

General Enzo Vecciarelli assured the Belarusian side of the complete support of the country’s ambitions to expand its presence in the UN peacekeeping missions and stressed the need to increase joint efforts.

In particular, in the near future Italy will consider the issue of involving the Belarusian peacekeeping unit in one of the UN missions.