Events

Foreign ministers of Belarus, India discuss resumption of highest-level contacts
Special attention was paid to the prospects of Belarus-India trade and economic cooperation...

Lukashenko suggests creating healthcare alliance in SCO
"Despite the fact that the governments of Russia and China have provided many countries with humanitarian aid in the form of vaccines, vaccine production technology and personal protective equipment, our opponents are increasingly manipulating this topic using grounds that have little to do with public health"...

Lukashenko meets with Iran president in Dushanbe
During the meeting Aleksandr Lukashenko and Ebrahim Raisi paid close attention to foreign sanctions...

Lukashenko meets with Pakistan PM in Dushanbe
Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei is expected to visit Pakistan in 2021. The parties agreed to intensify work on the preparation for a meeting of the intergovernmental commission...

Package of documents signed at CSTO summit in Dushanbe
According to Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas, during the summit the CSTO leaders had to look into 14 documents that had been reconciled and prepared for signing. Those included a CSTO Collective Security Council declaration...

Belarus to open consulate general in India’s Mumbai
Belarus’ Consulate General will open in Mumbai, India before 31 December 2021...

Lukashenko sends birthday greetings to Zimbabwe president
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that the bilateral cooperation between Belarus and Zimbabwe, which is based on the principles of trust and mutual respect, continues to develop progressively in all the areas...

Lukashenko sends Independence Day greetings to Nicaragua
Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed confidence that joint efforts would help realize the existing potential of the bilateral relations...

Belarusian healthcare system’s readiness for new COVID-19 wave reviewed
Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova is the head of state’s authorized representative for the city of Minsk and oversees healthcare matters. The senator explained that all those in charge of overseeing the COVID-19 situation in the regions – representatives of medical universities, healthcare institutions, and the Healthcare Ministry – had been invited to participate in the conference...

Lukashenko, Putin talk over phone
The two leaders discussed the results of the joint army exercise Zapad 2021, the agenda of the forthcoming CSTO and SCO summits in Dushanbe, and the situation in Afghanistan...

Address of Belarus’ MPs becomes official document of UN General Assembly
The MPs believe that instead of supporting and developing mutually beneficial cooperation, a number of states are actively working to destabilize the Republic of Belarus...

Belarus eager to buy over $1bn worth of Russian weapons
The president noted that a lot of attention was paid to defense and security during negotiations in the Kremlin. Prospects of Belarus buying S-400 air defense missile systems were discussed as well...

Minsk conference participants to send resolution on stance towards sanctions to EU, ILO, UN
The Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus has been working to counteract the illegal policy of sanctions since December 2020. Over the time, the FTUB has sent appeals to the International Labor Organization (ILO), the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Belarus...

Belarus, Russia approve 28 Union State programs
Mikhail Mishustin, Chairman of the Russian Government, noted that the Union State programs determine a clear trajectory of joint work in almost all areas, including in industry, finance, energy, agricultural industry, tax and customs regulation, monetary policy...

Belarus, Russia to hold Supreme State Council meeting on 4 November
According to the president, plans are in place to approve the Union State programs...

Putin talks about content of approved Union State programs
Belarus and Russia have determined common reference points for working out a single monetary management policy in the future as well as currency regulations, the integration of the national payment systems, and the creation of the common payment space in the Union State of Belarus and Russia...

Lukashenko, Putin reconcile 28 Union State programs
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko and President of Russia Vladimir Putin have reconciled all the 28 Union State programs. These programs will be discussed by the governments of the two countries in Minsk on 10 September. After that they will be forwarded for consideration of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, which session is supposed to take place by the end of the year...

Russia to lift all COVID restrictions from flights to, from Belarus
Vladimir Putin remarked that over 200 flights were performed between Belarus and Russia every week before these restrictions were introduced. The current number is 36...

PM: Belarus intends to develop cooperation with Russia in nuclear energy
"We are interested in the cooperation in the operation of nuclear power facilities, ensuring nuclear and radiation safety, emergency preparedness and also management of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel"...

Call on Belarusian government and civil society to show unity
According to the vice-speaker, the meeting is a good opportunity to take stock of the work of the national architecture for achieving the SDGs and to outline plans for the future...