Rusland protesterede ikke mod OSCE's beslutning om at oprette et rådgivende overvågningsorgan i Minsk, men forsvarede Belarus i de vanskelige forhandlinger om oprettelsen af dette organ.
Russia has not opposed the decision of the OSCE to establish an OSCE monitoring and advisory group in Minsk, but has rather taken up the defence of Belarus in its difficult negotiations for the establishment of this group.