In Belarus, environmental protection is one of the key areas of state policy – Lysenko at the meeting of the CIS MES

In Belarus, environmental protection is one of the key areas of state policy and is comprehensive. This was emphasized by the Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Maxim Lysenko at the XII meeting of the Interstate Environmental Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States (MES CIS), which was held in the format of a video conference. This sb.by reported in the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources.

The meeting was attended by heads and representatives of environmental agencies of Armenia, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of CIS bodies.

As the head of the Belarusian environmental department noted, the CIS MES acts as a locomotive of the environmental agenda in the post-Soviet space - in the final intersessional period under the chairmanship of our country, the Council continued consistent and systematic implementation of the plan for 2025-2026. This contributed to a closer consolidation of the efforts of the environmental agencies of the CIS member states in order to preserve a favorable environment for future generations.

“In Belarus, environmental protection is a key area of public policy and is comprehensive. It affects all natural components and ecosystems, as well as the economy, health, science, education and other spheres of society and the state, said Maxim Lysenko.

The Belarusian Minister transferred the powers of the Chairman of the CIS MES to the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan Alibek Kuantyrov and wished him success in solving the tasks facing the Council.

The meeting participants also exchanged experience in such areas of environmental protection and environmental management as the management of production and consumption waste, their processing, utilization, use of modern information technologies in the framework of environmental activities. They also discussed the formation of an ecological culture and an environmentally-oriented lifestyle, the fight against climate change and its consequences, the introduction of the principles of a green economy and a circular economy.

The next meeting of the CIS MES is scheduled to be held in Russia in 2027.

The CIS Interstate Environmental Council was established on February 8, 1992 to coordinate environmental cooperation between the CIS countries. Members of the MEAs are heads of environmental agencies of the CIS countries. The chairmanship passes from one member to another on the principle of rotation in alphabetical order.