On September 20, 2022, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus hosted an expanded working meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission of the Republic of Belarus on Antarctic issues. The event was attended by a delegation of Roshydromet and the Russian Antarctic Expedition of the Federal State Budgetary Institution «Institute of the Arctic and Antarctic» (St. Petersburg), headed by Alexander Klepikov, Deputy Director of the Institute, Head of the Russian Antarctic Expedition. Members of the Russian delegation met with the Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov.

During the visit, the progress of the action plan for the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement on Cooperation in Antarctica between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Russian Federation was reviewed for the years 2021 and 2022. Plans for scientific and logistical cooperation for 2022–2023 were also discussed, including within the framework of the 15th Belarusian Antarctic Expedition and the 68th Russian Antarctic Expedition.