Lukashenko invites Israeli president to Belarus

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog held a telephone conversation on 27 December, according to the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The heads of state discussed the bilateral relations between Belarus and Israel and the areas of their development, as well as a range of humanitarian issues.

"The Israeli president and his spouse have Belarusian roots. Isaac Herzog is from Berezino, and his wife is from Gomel. The two heads of state discussed the schedule of contacts amid the pandemic. Aleksandr Lukashenko invited his counterpart to visit his small motherland," BelTA cited the press service as saying.