India and Belarus held the first ever Consular Dialogue on June 28 in Minsk, during which a wide gamut of Consular issues was covered ranging from the welfare of Indian students in Belarus to enhancing tourism between the two countries.
The Indian delegation was led by Aman Puri, JS (CPV), while the Belarusian delegation was led by Andrei Kozhan, Head of General Directorate for Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.
The visiting Indian delegation also met with senior officials of the Belarusian Ministry of Sports and Tourism as well as representatives of the Indian student community in Belarus.
The two sides agreed to follow up on the decisions of the Dialogue and review them at the next edition of the India-Belarus Consular Dialogue which will be held in New Delhi at a mutually convenient date.
There are over 900 Indian students in Belarus, a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the East. Most of the Indians are medical students spread across four medical colleges in Minsk, Gomel, Grodno and Vitebsk.
