Events

Proposal to remove provision about Belarus’ neutrality status from Constitution
A regular meeting of the Constitutional Commission is taking place on 11 August. It is examining the remarks to the constitutional amendments proposed by the Constitutional Commission. The remarks were put forward by members of the Constitutional Commission...

Draft amendments to Belarus’ Constitution to be submitted to president before 1 September
The Constitutional Commission chairman added that on 9 August during the Big Conversation press conference the president expressed his opinion regarding some of the amendments to the Constitution, which are of fundamental importance...

MFA condemns new sanctions against Belarus
Belarus’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the unilateral coercive measures against Belarus imposed by the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Canada on 9 August, reads the commentary by the Foreign Ministry...

Belarus, Poland, United States to intensify trilateral cooperation in biodiversity conservation
This decision was made following a meeting of a working group at the Institute for Mammal Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences on 7-9 August...

Extensive Belarus-Russia cooperation agenda discussed by high-level group
The sides also came to terms on finishing the pilot operation of communication channels with reduced roaming rates. Comfortable roaming rates will be offered to roaming mobile users of Belarus and Russia as from 1 September 2021 on a permanent basis...

Lukashenko regrets absence of Union State common information space
The Union State common information space is still non-existent, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Big Conversation with the President, a meeting with the public, experts and media community in the format of a big press conference in Minsk on 9 August...

Lukashenko: System of granting citizenship to Ukrainians should be effective by late 2021
“By the end of the year, everyone should be able to receive citizenship. We just need a system allowing these people to submit an application,” the president answered the question. In his opinion, the officials ‘botched this task'...

Belarus in negotiations on buying S-400 air defense systems from Russia
Aleksandr Lukashenko also mentioned the assets the Belarusian government intends to use to buy S-400 air defense systems. Some of the money allocated for building the Belarusian nuclear power plant has been saved and can be used to buy the missile systems...

Lukashenko comments on reasons for possible deployment of Russian troops in Belarus
The head of state pointed out that it is disadvantageous for Belarus and Russia to deploy Russian bases in Belarus at present, there is absolutely no sense in that...

Lukashenko in favor of building up normal relations with Poland
The head of state noted that even now contacts are continuing with representatives of Poland at various levels, in particular, on humanitarian issues...

Lukashenko opines on mentioning Belarus’ neutrality in new Constitution
"We are a neutral state in line with the Constitution, yet we are a member of the CSTO military and political organization and so on. Is it right? Of course, it is. This is a boost to our security"...

Lukashenko: Belarus is ready for a dialogue with Lithuania but without any preconditions
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that Belarus and Lithuania have always lived and will live like peaceful and friendly neighbors...

Lukashenko: Belarus-Ukraine political relations at their lowest point
Belarus-Ukraine political relations are at their lowest point, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Big Conversation with the President, a meeting with the public, experts and media community in the format of a big press conference in Minsk on 9 August...

Lukashenko: Belarus, Russia stand alone against the world
Last year’s events revealed a lot and pushed Belarus and Russia toward more robust cooperation, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Big Conversation with the President, a meeting with the public, experts and media community in the format of a big press conference in Minsk on 9 August...

Lukashenko: Belarus is in favor of integration with Russia without loss of sovereignty
“Any union should rely on one and the same terms for all and on equality," the Belarusian leader stressed. He noted that equal rights for people, ordinary citizens of the two countries, have been largely ensured...

Lukashenko: Belarus, Russia are yet to align one Union State program out of 28
According to the head of state, the so-called integration roadmaps were reformatted into the Union State programs. There are a total of 28 of them...

Lukashenko: High-intensity war in Donbass was stopped in Minsk
Speaking about the development of the Belarusian economy under sanctions, the head of state pointed out that export is really important for the country, as a significant amount of products are bound for foreign markets...

Lukashenko: It would have been illegal to reschedule the presidential election in Belarus in 2020
Aleksandr Lukashenko admitted he truly had not paid much attention to campaigning due to different priorities back then – it was necessary to focus on treating people suffering from the coronavirus and on saving people’s lives...

Lukashenko extends National Day greetings to Singapore
“I am convinced that the relations between our states will successfully develop on the principles of friendship and mutual respect. Belarus is interested in expansion of cooperation in investment, trade, science and education,” the Belarusian leader stressed...

Iranian president, Belarus’ parliament speaker discuss economic cooperation
Vladimir Andreichenko also held a one-on-one meeting with Chairman of the Islamic Parliament of Iran Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. In addition, a brief conversation took place with Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin...