Events

Lukashenko extends Independence Day greetings to Moldova
“A solid foundation has been laid for multifaceted and effective bilateral cooperation based on long-standing friendship, mutual understanding and support. I sincerely hope that certain differences in priorities and development vectors will not impede a constructive and fruitful dialogue"...

Belarusian ambassador presents credentials to Tanzania's president
The parties reaffirmed mutual interest in the development of Belarusian-Tanzanian cooperation across a wide range of areas. The parties highlighted pharmaceuticals and investments as the most promising areas of cooperaiton...

ENSREG experts to visit Belarusian nuclear power plant on 31 August – 2 September
The experts will evaluate progress in fulfilling the national action plan taking into account the recommendations ENSREG gave in 2018. They will analyze progress in the realization of planned measures by the Belarusian side...

Belarus-China Year of Regions gets under way
The exchange of the notes heralds the official start of the Year of the Regions and the entry into force of the corresponding action plan. The Year of the Regions might be extended through 2023. The agreement to hold the Year of the Regions was reached during a telephone conversation between Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping in January...

Belavia extends suspension of flights to Ukraine till 30 September
A reminder, due to the ban of the Ukrainian authorities on Belavia flights, the Belarusian airline had to cancel flights to/from Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa and Kharkiv from 26 May to 25 August 2021...

Belarus to open embassy in Zimbabwe in January 2022
The Finance Ministry has been instructed to finance the costs of opening and maintaining the Belarusian embassy in Zimbabwe within the funds provided for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the national budget for the opening and maintenance of diplomatic missions and consular offices abroad...

2021 hailed as landmark year for Belarus-China cooperation in Chinese traditional medicine
"The industrial park is turning into a hub for the traditional Chinese medicine in Belarus. This year is a landmark year for strengthening cooperation in this area. We welcomed the first resident - Novoera Biotech. Currently, we are completing work on the project to design a polyclinic that will house a center of traditional Chinese medicine,” Aleksandr Yaroshenko noted...

Year of Teacher and Education may be announced in Belarus in 2022
In response to the proposal to announce the Year of Teacher and Education in Belarus in 2022, Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “I am almost positive about it. This is not the first time I hear about it. And I said honestly that I am almost positive about it”...

Lukashenko: Only official politics should be allowed at school
Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that only a patriot can raise a patriot. In his opinion, here it does not matter what discipline a teacher teaches...

Lukashenko sends Independence Day greetings to Ukraine
“In the today’s complicated conditions, when distrust, competition and confrontation dominate in the global scale, I want to express confidence that the wisdom, rationality and far-sightedness of the Ukrainian people will help our countries preserve traditional mutual respect, support and a high level of cooperation”...

Lukashenko, Putin discuss economy, situation on Belarus’ borders with NATO
They also talked about cooperation in personnel training for the military and special services, as well as interaction in mass media. Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin also scheduled high-level contacts for the near future...

Lukashenko meets with head of Belarus President’s Security Service
The participants of the meeting also discussed further improvement of the Belarus President’s Security Service, including from the point of view of the experience accumulated during last year’s events, in the face of emerging challenges and threats...

ICAO team arrives in Belarus to investigate Ryanair FR4978 flight incident
Aleksei Avramenko emphasized Belarus will enable access to all the materials and information an objective investigation of the incident needs...

Belarus, UAE confirm interest in advancing military technology cooperation
A Belarusian delegation went to Russia for the military technology forum Army 2021. On the second day of the forum Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of Belarus Dmitry Pantus met with UAE Deputy Defense Minister for Support and Defense Industries Al Jabri Mubarak Saeed...

Lukashenko raises problem of migrants, refugees from Afghanistan at CSTO summit
“The problem of refugees and migrants. There are different estimates of the possible number of refugees and migrants in the first wave. It is absolutely clear that people from Afghanistan will join the waves of migrants from destroyed Syria, Iraq, Libya. Even if their final destination is in the west, they will travel through our countries,” the Belarusian leader said...

Lukashenko sends birthday greetings to Catholicos Karekin II
The head of state expressed confidence that ascetic efforts of Karekin II would continue to promote peace, preserve the atmosphere of trust and friendship between the peoples of Belarus and Armenia...

PM: Integration documents will determine Belarus-Russia cooperation till 2027
“We discussed the finalization of the package of documents on deepening economic integration. We are very close to completing this work. I think that citizens of both Belarus and Russia will soon learn in full what we have managed to accomplish and what we have agreed upon over the past year and a half” said Roman Golovchenko...

Agreements allowing Russia to use army installations in Belarus to be extended
The head of state signed relevant decree No.321 on 20 August...

Ways to expand cultural, humanitarian ties in Union State discussed
“The parties discussed initiatives to preserve the common historical memory of the feat of the Soviet people in the fight against fascism and counteracting attempts to falsify history. Special attention was paid to cooperation between museums of Belarus and Russia and implementation of joint exhibition projects,” the Standing Committee said...

Lukashenko offers his take on future role of Belarusian People’s Congress
According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the Belarusian People's Congress should be formed to represent the interests of the whole society...