On Facebook, the minister shared a photo of him getting off the plane, as well as images of the snow-covered capital of Belarus.
“2 degrees, fog, traces of snow, this is Minsk,” he wrote.
The Belarusian state news agency “Belta”, for its part, said that Mr. Szijjarto is meeting with Belarusian Foreign Minister Siarhejs Aleiniks in Minsk.
According to her statement, the head of Hungarian diplomacy will also attend an international conference on Thursday and Friday.
The authoritarian leader of Belarus, Aliaksandr Lukashenka, said he met Mr. Szijjarto and confirmed that he is a big supporter of preserving the European Union.
“For some reason, the European Union believes that we, Belarus, are opponents of the European Union. You know, we are non-vengeful people and despite the current turbulence in the EU and the sanctions imposed on us by the European Union, you must know that the President of Belarus is an enthusiastic supporter of preserving the European Union,” said A. Lukashenko.
“Not because I really like the European Union, but because the EU, together with the USA, China, Russia, and to some extent India, are strong supports for the existence of our planet. If that support were to be ripped out from under this system, it would be very bad for everyone,” he explained.
Among others, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is also reportedly visiting Minsk.
This visit of Mr. Szijjarts, already the second this year, takes place a little more than a week after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met in Beijing with the President of Russia, the main ally of Belarus, Vladimir Putin.
Putin said after that meeting that he was pleased to still have ties with some European countries. The latter meeting was condemned in the West.
Among other things, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas called the meeting between V. Putin and V. Orban very unpleasant.
“How can you shake hands with a criminal waging a war of aggression, especially coming from a country with a history like Hungary’s?” asked K. Kallas. She was quoted by the British newspaper “The Guardian”.
“What happened in Hungary, what the Russians did there, is not so far in the past,” said the Estonian prime minister, referring to the entry of the then Soviet Union’s army into Hungary in 1956.
Despite Moscow’s attack on Ukraine, V. Orban maintains relations with the Kremlin.
Last year, A. Lukashenko allowed his country’s territory to be used as a bridgehead for Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
The authoritarian leader of Belarus received the support of Russian President V. Putin during the protests that shook his regime in 2020.
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