On September 14, 2017 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation, Igor Petrishenko, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Mali to the Russian Federation, Tiefing Konate. 

During the meeting, the Sides exchanged views on further development of bilateral cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Mali. Special attention was focused on the ways to strengthen the legal framework of bilateral cooperation.

Background information: Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Mali were established on November 3, 1993. In 2016, the trade turnover between the two countries amounted to 45.8 million U.S. dollars, the volume of the Belarusian export – 21.2 million. U.S. dollars.