Events

Lukashenko sends Independence Day greetings to India
In his message of greetings to Narendra Modi the Belarusian president emphasized that Belarus has always been and will remain a reliable friend and partner of India in the European region...

Lukashenko: Deployment of nuclear weapons is Belarus’ response to Eastern Europe’s militarization
At the same time, this does not cancel the peace initiatives put forward by the Belarusian side in the interests of restarting the dialog on European and global security on equal terms for the benefit of the whole planet, the Belarusian leader emphasized...

Belarus-Russia military cooperation discussed in Moscow
The ministers of the tow countries discussed the issues of military and military-technical cooperation...

Lukashenko sends Independence Day greetings to Pakistan
The head of state noted that relations between Minsk and Islamabad are developing dynamically in the spirit of mutual respect and trust...

Belarus’ embassy branch to reopen in Russia’s Krasnodar
Krasnodar Krai will become the 12th Russian region where the Belarusian diplomatic mission will operate...

Belarus, Kazakhstan discuss defense partnership
According to the press service, the parties discussed military partnership and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening friendly contacts between the defense ministries of the two countries...

Belarus’ interaction with SCO, BRICS discussed in Minsk
Concrete joint steps were outlined to enhance bilateral cooperation. Sergei Aleinik and Alok Ranjan Jha welcomed the launch of direct air service between Minsk and Delhi as from 11 August 2023...

Belarus’ policy unswayed by European statements on presidential election anniversary
The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that statements by High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, the foreign ministers of Baltic states and Poland, politicians of other European Union countries on the occasion of another anniversary of the presidential election in Belarus rely wholeheartedly on cliched untruthful accusations addressed to Belarus...

Minister: Belarus, China find common ground in the field of culture
“We maintain close and efficient cooperation in all areas,” the culture minister emphasized. “Our interaction has a history of many decades, and we always come to terms and find common ground in our joint projects,” he noted...

Lukashenko sends National Day greetings to Singapore
The head of state expressed confidence that the intensification of the dialogue between Minsk and Singapore, including on issues of trade, economy, investment and humanitarian cooperation, the expansion of the legal framework meets common interests...

Belarus, Armenia discuss cooperation in sport, tourism
The parties discussed cooperation and exchange of experience in the development of the sport and tourism industries between the two states, and also organization of joint sport events and development of common tourist routes...

Prospects for cooperation between Belarus, ASEAN countries discussed in Jakarta
During the dialogue the discussion touched on the prospects for developing cooperation between Belarus and the ASEAN countries, mutual support to trade, economic and investment cooperation, and strengthening cooperation in inter-parliamentary organizations...

Belarus attends SCO Business Partnership Week in Uzbekistan
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to Uzbekistan Leonid Marinich is attending the events of a Business Partnership Week between the regions of the SCO member states in Samarkand...

Belsky: Achievement of SGDs is crucial for universal progress, prosperity
"Belarus intends to focus on the issue of illegal sanctions and the way they harm the SDGs. The UN Resident Coordinator Office in Belarus was informed about it,” the national coordinator noted...

Belarus interested in closer inter-parliamentary contacts with China, Indonesia
They expressed hope that parliamentary delegations will continue exchanging visits, including at the level of heads of the legislative bodies. They discussed the possibility of signing an inter-parliamentary cooperation agreement and upgrading the status of parliamentary friendship groups to inter-parliamentary commissions...

Mitskevich at AIPA: Belarus is an open and predicable partner
The Belarusian MPs expressed readiness for an open exchange of views, coordination of efforts and maximum use of ASEAN's integration opportunities. He stressed that inter-parliamentary cooperation contributes to building trust, developing joint approaches to pressing problems of the present time...

Belarus hosts over 660,000 visa-waiver travelers
They include 421,474 citizens of Lithuania, 45,469 non-citizens and 148,639 citizens of Latvia, and 46,143 Polish citizens...

Lukashenko sends Independence Day greetings to Cote d’Ivoire
“I am convinced that by joint efforts we will be able to build fruitful bilateral cooperation for the benefit of our peoples,” the Belarusian leader stressed...

MFA: Belarus is disappointed with EU's decision to impose new sanctions
Sanctions have long proved useless and ineffective and detrimental to all parties, including the initiators of such measures, and this is absolutely obvious to all sane people...

Belarus takes in over 35,000 Ukrainian citizens since 1 January 2023
A total of 109,397 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since 24 February 2022...