Pakistan's Senate Chairman Meets Belarusian Council Head During Minsk Visit

Senate of Pakistan Chairman Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani met with Natalya Kochanova, chairman of the Council of the Republic of Belarus, during a parliamentary delegation visit to the country, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported.

The Council of the Republic is the upper chamber of Belarus's bicameral National Assembly, and Kochanova has led it since 2019. Meetings between the two chamber heads typically cover parliamentary cooperation and bilateral relations between the two countries.

The encounter took place alongside other engagements during the Pakistani delegation's visit to Belarus, which has also included a tour of the Mtz Tractor Factory in Minsk. APP's dispatch did not detail the specific topics discussed between the two officials.

Pakistan and Belarus have maintained diplomatic ties since the early 1990s, with recent years seeing periodic exchanges of parliamentary and trade delegations between the two countries.