President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday attended a luncheon banquet hosted by his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, at the Palace of Independence during his state visit at Minsk.

He also held delegation level talks with Lukashenko at Minsk.

Earlier in the day, Mukherjee was accorded a ceremonial reception at the Independence Palace by Lukashenko here.

The President arrived on a two-day state visit to Belarus yesterday night after completing his three- day state visit to Sweden.