Events

Prospects for Belarusian-Vietnamese cooperation in culture reviewed
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vladimir Borovikov met with Mr. Ta Quang Dong, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam...

Belarusian ambassador presents credentials to King of Bahrain
During the official ceremony the ambassador confirmed Belarus’ readiness to develop comprehensive mutually beneficial cooperation with the Kingdom of Bahrain...

Russia to open consulate general in Grodno
Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov said during a meeting with Grodno Oblast Governor Vladimir Karanik in Grodno on 31 May...

Cooperation between Vitebsk Oblast, Jiangxi Province discussed in China
Consul General of the Republic of Belarus in Shanghai Andrei Andreyev held talks with the vice chairman of the Jiangxi Sub Council of the China Council for the promotion of International Trade...

Lukashenko on the fence about radical measures suggested by Belarus government
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that a number of measures the bill specifies are directly designed to protect state interests and reinforce the country’s economic security...

Over 44,000 visa-waiver tourists visit Belarus since 15 April
For a month and a half since 15 April, 44,375 foreign citizens took advantage of the opportunity to visit Belarus without a visa. Among them there were 29,427 citizens of Lithuania, 4,179 non-citizens and 10,769 citizens of Latvia...

Lukashenko names instruments to address economic problems
“The task of the government is to support state employees, retirees and socially vulnerable citizens. Everything we have promised to do should be implemented whatever it may cost us,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said...

Foreigners to no longer have to present PCR test results, vaccination certificates to enter Belarus
The Belarusian government’s press service noted that the prime minister will sign the relevant Council of Ministers resolution soon...

Lukashenko orders to scrap all entry restrictions for citizens of Lithuania, Latvia
The president discussed Belarus’ visa waiver for citizens of Lithuania and Latvia that was extended until the end of 2022...

Lukashenko confers with central government, presidential administration after EAEU summit
Since the minister of foreign affairs was also present in addition to representatives of the economic bloc of the government, Aleksandr Lukashenko updated the tasks the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is supposed to accomplish...

Belarus, Russia hold ministerial consultations on international information security
The participants of the meeting also noted the expediency of further coordination of joint work on the platforms of specialized UN agencies: the International Telecommunication Union and the Universal Postal Union...

Belarus, Tajikistan discuss ways to jointly confront challenges, threats
The parties discussed topical issues of further development of Belarusian-Tajik relations, including inter-parliamentary ties, ways to joint confront the existing challenges and threats, and other issues of mutual interest...

Belarus’ foreign ministry highly appreciates strategic partnership of Minsk, Beijing
The participants of the meeting discussed the state and prospects of bilateral trade and cooperation in investment, transport and logistics, as well as the implementation of a joint project - the China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone...

Belarusian government tasked to preserve all social standards despite sanctions
“According to the president’s instructions, the main task of the government is to maintain and ensure all the social standards of the country's development and the social projects that determine the level of welfare and comfort of living, despite the fact that the new sanctions imposed against our country are of an unprecedented scale"...

Putin wants every Belarus-Russia union construction decision to make Union State stronger
The Russian president stressed that every step relating to the construction of the Union State of Belarus and Russia should also create good, solid foundation for the economic development of both countries...

Over 39,000 foreigners visit Belarus since introduction of visa waiver
"Over the past five weeks, 39,203 foreigners have taken advantage of the visa waiver. Of these, 24,836 were Lithuanian citizens, 4,099 non-citizens and 10,268 citizens of Latvia"...

Lukashenko sends message to Guterres
Belarus has always advocated strengthening global and regional security, as evidenced by the country’s numerous initiatives, including the so-called Helsinki-2 on the need for a broad international dialogue on security...

Belarus calls on Conference on Disarmament to do its best to lower global confrontation
Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva Larisa Belskaya spoke at a plenary session of the Conference on Disarmament calling upon the countries to do their utmost to lower the level of regional and global confrontation...

Belarus’ ambassador to UN, UN secretary-general discuss food security, sanctions
The Belarusian diplomat conveyed to António Guterres a personal message from Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko. The parties discussed international food security in the context of geopolitical tensions and sanctions...

Lukashenko off to Russia on working visit
Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin are expected to discuss the entire range of matters of Belarusian-Russian cooperation and the fulfillment of previous instructions by the two governments...