Events

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...

Belarus’ diplomat in UN: Sanctions doom millions to hunger and death
The representative of Belarus emphasized that the exemptions from the sanctions, which are often publicly mentioned, are a sham and do not work - the sanctions completely block the supply of Belarusian fertilizers and food...

Belarusian FM receives copy of credentials from Zimbabwe’s Ambassador
During the meeting, the parties noted the friendly strategic nature of relations, the similarity of positions and the common commitment of Belarus and Zimbabwe to building a fair multipolar world order...

Belarus to attend ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly
The vice speaker is scheduled to hold a number of bilateral meetings with the heads of delegations, to discuss bilateral cooperation between Belarus and the ASEAN participating and observer countries...

Belarus, Iran discuss international security
State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to Belarus Alireza Sanei in Minsk...

Minsk, Bishkek consider resuming regular air service
The parties discussed the resumption of regular flights between Minsk and Bishkek and highlighted the significant importance of direct air service for bilateral relations...

Belarus, Iran discuss prospects of cooperation in training military personnel
During an official visit of Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin to Iran the minister met with Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran Mohammad Bagheri...

Lukashenko: We will develop the contract army more actively
"This is why don’t worry. We don’t want a war and I think that everything will be normal. If the enemy sees that we will respond in kind and they will incur irreparable losses, losses that will not be acceptable for them, they will never attack us"...

Lukashenko sends National Day greetings to Switzerland
The head of state believes that everything is in place to step up bilateral contacts in economy, science, education, culture and sports, including thanks to the solid foundation laid in the past years...

Lukashenko signs decree to regulate repayment of state support spent on housing construction
The document stipulates that citizens, who are on the housing register and are authorized to build homes in places of their military service or state civil service, employment with a government agency, can be granted state support only if they keep doing their jobs for at least 10 years later on...

Decree signed to regulate insurance of Belarusian vehicles outside Green Card system
In line with the decree Belarusian motorists no longer have to produce Green Card insurance certificates when they leave Belarus’ territory...

Prospects for UNDP Office in Belarus discussed in Minsk
Sergei Aleinik thanked Alexandra Solovieva for her active work as the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Belarus and wished her further success in her professional activities, and also expressed hope for continuity in the work of the UNDP Office in Belarus...

Defense ministers of Belarus, Iran sign memorandum of cooperation
The parties exchanged views on topical issues of the international agenda and discussed the status and prospects for defense partnership...