The Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus held meetings with UN representatives in New York. What was discussed?

On the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Igor Secreta held a number of bilateral meetings. This was reported to sb.by by the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

With the acting Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations – Head of the UN Counter-Terrorism Office Alexander Zuev Igor Secreta exchanged views on the current state of global and regional security.

The Belarusian diplomat outlined Belarus’ position on the key challenges facing our country and related to both the build-up of NATO’s military presence on its western borders and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

A separate topic of the meeting was the upcoming IV Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security. The parties discussed the preparations for the event and the format of UN participation in it.

Igor Secreta also met with UN Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs Björg Sandkier.

The Deputy Minister informed the interlocutor about the functioning of the national architecture for managing the process of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Belarus. The parties discussed the issues of attracting international technical assistance through UN funds and programs for the implementation of sustainable development projects in our country.

Igor Secreta announced the holding of the SCO Forum on Sustainable Development on November 2, 2026 in Minsk and conveyed the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov to the UN Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs Li Junhua to take part in this event.

During the meeting with the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Assistant Administrator and Director of the UNDP Regional Office for Europe and the CIS Ivana Zhivkovich, the parties discussed the state and results of cooperation between Belarus and UNDP.

Igor Secreta confirmed Minsk’s continued commitment to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, stressing that this work continues successfully despite the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures imposed on Belarus by Western states.

The interlocutors also discussed the prospects for UNDP project activities in our country, including the financing of the international technical assistance project “Support to the efforts of the Republic of Belarus to nationalize and localize the Sustainable Development Goals” for the period 2027-2030.