{"id":511787,"date":"2026-01-23T15:34:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=511787"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:57:58","slug":"belarus-and-india-discuss-expanding-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarus-and-india-discuss-expanding-trade","title":{"rendered":"Belarus And India Discuss Expanding Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarus and India discussed intensifying bilateral cooperation, including trade, the international agenda, and preparations for joint events in Minsk. The issues were raised at a meeting on January 23 between First Deputy Foreign Minister <b>Siarhei Lukashevich<\/b> and India\u2019s ambassador to Belarus <b>Ashok Kumar<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects of Belarusian-Indian relations, including exchanges of visits at the highest and high levels. Further expansion of mutual trade and cooperation at international platforms was also discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Lukashevich emphasized Belarus\u2019s readiness for active engagement with New Delhi within the framework of India\u2019s BRICS chairmanship in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The interlocutors highlighted the importance of holding the 12th meeting of the Belarusian-Indian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation in Minsk as soon as possible, as well as events focused on healthcare, technology, and education.<\/p>\n<p>Lukashevich congratulated the head of the Indian diplomatic mission on the upcoming 77th anniversary of the Republic of India, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarus and India discussed intensifying bilateral cooperation, including trade, the international agenda, and preparations for joint events in Minsk. The issues were raised at a meeting on January 23 between First Deputy Foreign Minister Siarhei Lukashevich and India\u2019s ambassador to Belarus Ashok Kumar. The sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects of Belarusian-Indian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":511786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6973705bb863c.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarus And India Discuss Expanding Trade"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}