Events

Senators ratify Belarus-Tajikistan agreement on mutual trade promotion
Under the agreement, the customs authorities of Belarus and Tajikistan will exchange information on the movement of goods and vehicles as part of the mutual trade promotion system...

Belarus hosts over 10,000 visa-waiver travelers over past week
Since the launch of the visa-waiver program for neighboring EU countries, Belarus has hosted 418,233 arrivals: 272,683 citizens of Lithuania, 28,148 non-citizens and 92,893 citizens of Latvia, and 24,509 Polish citizens...

Belarus’ upper house condemns European Parliament’s resolution
"The Presidium of the Council of the Republic resolutely condemns and rejects the resolution of the European Parliament of 19 January 2023, which reflects the politically biased position of MEPs and contradicts the reality and common sense"...

Belarus admits over 4,400 Ukrainian citizens since 1 January 2023
Since 24 February 2022, Belarus admitted 79,112 citizens of Ukraine...

Belarus ready to help train Iraqi police personnel
Belarus boasts extensive experience of training law enforcement personnel for foreign countries and is ready to help train personnel for Iraqi police units in a number of specializations...

Ambassadors of Belarus, Syria discuss implementation of agreements
Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi met with Ambassador of Syria to the Russian Federation Bashar Jaafari in Moscow...

Belarus, Russia interested in exchanging best practices of election campaigns
According to him, Belarus is interested in the experience of the Russian Federation in digitalization of the electoral processes, as well as in information security and safety of the electoral system in general...

Olympic Council of Asia invites Belarus to take part in Asian Games
The OCA believes in the unifying power of sport and that all athletes, regardless of their nationality or the passport they hold, should be able to compete in sports competitions...

Lukashenko extends Republic Day greetings to India
“India has made considerable progress in social and economic development and has become one of the most advanced countries in the world,” the message of congratulations reads...

Belarus-Russia Union State PA to apply for partner status at CSTO PA
In addition, the participants of the meeting will also review progress to implement the program of coordinated actions in foreign policy of the Union State members in 2022-2023...

Russian Parliament completes ratification of visa mutual recognition agreement with Belarus
The purpose of the agreement is to create a legal framework for regulating the procedure for crossing the Belarusian-Russian border by foreign citizens and stateless persons...

Belarus plans to raise level of parliamentary cooperation with China
We are planning to raise the level of inter-parliamentary interaction by setting up an inter-parliamentary commission for cooperation between the National Assembly of Belarus and the Parliament of the People's Republic of China, taking into account the agreements reached at a high level," Vladimir Andreichenko said...

Belarus, Egypt to intensify cooperation in applied mathematics, medicine
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Arab Republic of Egypt Sergei Terentyev has met with President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport Prof. Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghafar Ismail Farag...

Foreign ministers of Belarus, Saudi Arabia discuss political, economic issues over phone
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Aleinik has had a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud...

Lukashenko, Japarov discuss cooperation between Belarus, Kyrgyzstan over phone
The current state and prospects of cooperation between Belarus and Kyrgyzstan were discussed during a telephone conversation between Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov...

Lukashenko approves decisions on border protection in 2023
The State Border Committee emphasizes that the main efforts in border protection this year will be focused on the Ukrainian direction, and also in the areas where new external challenges and threats to border security may arise...

Foreigners keep coming to Belarus thanks to visa waiver
A total of 421,283 residents of neighboring European Union countries have entered Belarus since the visa waiver was introduced, including 274,967 citizens of Lithuania, 28,148 non-citizens and 93,039 citizens of Latvia, and 25,129 citizens of Poland...

Belarus’ diplomat at UN: Only negotiations can stop the bloodshed in Ukraine
According to him, the Minsk agreements, Minsk-2, Security Council resolution 2202 were a missed opportunity to resolve the situation in Ukraine, being actually ignored, including by certain countries - the so-called guarantors of these documents...

Belarus admits over 3,000 Ukrainian citizens since 1 January 2023
Since 24 February 2022, Belarus admitted 77,897 citizens of Ukraine...

Belarusian-Chinese cooperation discussed in Minsk
Special consideration was given to the progress in the agreements reached during the meeting of the leaders of Belarus and China on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand on 15 September 2022...