The Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General for International Economic Relations, Giorgos Tsipras, met in Minsk, on 14 December, with the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus, Alena Kupchyna.During the meeting, which took place in an excellent atmosphere, they discussed issues concerning bilateral cooperation and the development of economic and political relations between the two states.There was also an exchange of views on optimum preparation for the first Greece-Belarus Joint Interministerial Committee meeting, which is scheduled to be held within 2016, as well as the potential for further expansion of bilateral business contacts and actions.