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Minsk hosts CIS ministerial consultations on arms control
The meeting was attended by representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the CIS Executive Committee...

Belarus’ economic, cultural potential presented in Tokyo
The presentation was organized by the embassy in association with the Belarusian-Japanese Business Club. More than 30 representatives of the Japanese private sector, mass media, and creative intellectuals were made familiar with the Belarusian culture, cuisine, and economic opportunities...

Belarus, Malaysia discuss prospects for trade, economic cooperation
Belarus proposed Malaysia to hold the next round of political consultations between the foreign ministries of the two countries in the near future and to draw up a roadmap of cooperation...

Russia pledges support to Belarus amid sanctions
The ambassador explained that foreign trade contacts between Belarus and Russia would be adjusted “taking into account the impact of the sanctions”. According to him, more detailed information on specific types of goods will be determined by the relevant federal agencies of Russia...

Reconciliation of Belarus-Russia cooperation roadmaps nearing completion
According to the ambassador, work on reconciling 27 out of the 28 so-called roadmaps or, in other words, Union State programs is nearly finished...

Belarusian postal service, Russian online retailer sign cooperation agreement
Belarusian users of Ozon have access to the entire product range of the marketplace – around 11 million goods in 20 categories (with exception of large items). The minimum order value is RUB999, the delivery to Belpochta postal offices is free...

BUCE, St Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry to cooperate
The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange and the St Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry also intend to arrange joint seminars, business forums, presentations, and other informational and practical events meant to popularize exchange trade and expand its usage in trade between Belarus and St Petersburg...

Belarus waiting for Russia to approve 180,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses for use
More than 656,000 Belarusians have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Over 358,000 of them have already got two shots. At present, Belarus has more than 150,000 doses of the first component and more than 30,000 doses of the second one...

Belarus, Turkey to intensify cooperation in communications, IT
The parties welcomed progress in cooperation in the telecommunications sector between Belarus and Turkey and discussed topical issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of communications and information technology...

Lukashenko sends National Day greetings to Portugal
According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the pandemic and the financial crisis which aggravated existing contradictions in the world showed that you can cope with serious challenges and resume efforts to build strong and prosperous countries only with the help of well-considered and careful decisions at the global and national levels, mutual help of all states, consolidation and eradication of any dividing lines, respect for each other...

Asia viewed as one of key markets for Belarus
Deputy Industry Minister Dmitry Kharitonchik told reporters on the sidelines of the Belarus-Asia Forum held at the Belarusian Embassy in Moscow on 9 June...

Opinion: Belarus can promptly redirect food export from European Union to other markets
When asked about the threat of sanctions from the European Union, the official said: “We haven’t lost any market, thank god, everything is good for us for now. The share of the European market is small. We can easily replace it with supplies to markets in other regions”...

Belarus ready to help Russia with potato supplies if necessary
Aleksei Bogdanov said: “If they want some, we will surely oblige. Belarus always lends its shoulder to Russia. They help us out in many matters. We will cooperate in this regard, too”...

Belarusian BelAZ starts testing new aircraft tug
The tug is designed to tow aircraft with the takeoff weight of up to 150 tonnes. The testing of the prototype is supposed to be finished by the end of 2021. A compliance certificate will be issued...

Deputy FM: Belarus is well positioned to boost economic cooperation with Asia
“There are many opportunities for promoting trade and economic interests in Asia. We have already implemented quite a number of projects; many projects are underway. This includes the supply of finished products, for example, to Vietnam, Indonesia, India, as well as joint projects that we are running with our partners,” Nikolai Borisevich said...

Hydraulic tests of primary, secondary circuits of second unit of Belarusian nuclear power plant over
In line with the pre-launch tuning program the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant has successfully finished hydraulic testing and circulation flushing of pipes and equipment of the primary circuit and the secondary one of the reactor unit. This process was completed while the reactor was fully loaded with dummy fuel rod arrays...

Russia’s Oryol Oblast plans to sell steel products, equipment through BUCE
Deputy Chairman of the BUCE Board Aleksei Matsevilo welcomed the arrival of new companies from Oryol Oblast and underlined that BUCE had created all necessary conditions for the Russian business...

Belarus, Kazakhstan agree to expand cooperation in ICT
The parties exchanged experience in the development of national information systems, introduction and development of interdepartmental electronic document circulation, centralized storage of electronic documents and archives. They also discussed cooperation both within the Eurasian Economic Union and on a bilateral basis to organize an intercountry electronic document management system that...

Implementation of government programs in Belarus in 2016-2020 evaluated
"21 government programs, which are subject to evaluation, were implemented in the previous five-year term. The total volume of funding was Br357 billion, including over Br111 billion appropriated by the state budget"...

Belarus-China cooperation hailed as constructive
"Suffice it to say that our trade hit about $5 billion last year. China is our second largest trading partner after Russia, used to be third. This is why we discussed a number of steps to increase mutual trade today"...