Events

Belarus, Vietnam discuss military cooperation
Chief of the International Military Cooperation Department, Assistant to the Defense Minister for Foreign Military Policy Major General Oleg Voinov met Vietnamese military diplomat Colonel Vuong Duc Thang in Minsk...

Lukashenko takes dip in icy waters near Minsk to mark Epiphany
According to the tradition, the head of state submerged himself three times. When completing the ritual he made a plea to God: "Dear Lord, please give peace to late Metropolitan Filaret"...

Belarusian ambassador presents credentials to Pakistan president
During the meeting after the ceremony, the parties discussed the political dialogue, trade and economic cooperation between the countries...

PM: Belarus, Russia should aim for synergy of their capabilities
"We need to set up joint trade and industrial chains, joint businesses, to move away from regulatory towards creative"...

IOM, UNDP join efforts to support migrants in Belarus
The partnership aims to counter the stigma and discrimination that migrants may face in the context of COVID-19 through information work and programs with concrete measures for better integration of migrants into society and, as a result, promotion of sustainable development...

Belarusian Foreign Ministry criticizes EU sanctions, interested in good neighborly relations
The Belarusian side underlined its interest in advancing cooperation with the European Union on principles of mutual respect and good neighborhood...

Belarusian educational platform enters Sber500 accelerator program
This is the third batch of entries. During the first two batches, the participants attracted more than RUB590 million (Br20.4 million) in investment. Znaj.by is a platform of digital services for education that features 1,388 Belarusian schools...

Belarusian university, Russian North Caucasus Federal University to launch joint master's program
"At this stage, the parties are working to devise a common curriculum and a list of the disciplines to be studied. Enrollment will start in the 2022/23 academic year"...

Belarusian-Russian army exercise Zapad 2021 scheduled for 10-16 September
"Upon the proposal of our Russian colleagues the exercise will take place in the territory of the two countries, which will allow practicing the application of the Belarusian-Russian regional army group and the organization of army operations"...

Defense minister: West keeps seeking a solution to ‘Belarusian bulge’
"One of the most effective measures to counter the growing military threat is strategic action. Based on this, we, together with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, have developed a conception for the Zapad 2021 strategic exercise"...

Belarus’ Honorary Consulate opens in Cameroon
The official inauguration ceremony and the opening of the office of the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of Cameroon Igor Kolesnikov took place in the city of Douala. During the ceremony Governor of Cameroon’s Littoral Region Samuel Ivaha Diboua handed over the exequatur to the Belarusian honorary consul...

Belarus FM, Azerbaijan ambassador discuss schedule of bilateral visits at highest and high levels
Special consideration was given to trade and economic cooperation and its results in 2020...

Lukashenko: Belarus ready to support new projects with participation of Qatari investors
"During this time, Belarus and Qatar have been rapidly developing the relations based on the principles of friendship and trust. The countries have exchanged visits at the highest level, opened embassies in Minsk and Doha, set up an intergovernmental commission and established constructive cooperation in trade, investment, education and sport"...

Belarus, Armenia announce competition of joint S&T projects
The competition is held in several priority areas: digital information, communication and interdisciplinary technologies; biological, medical, pharmaceutical and chemical technologies...

Union State MPs to discuss draft concept on approximating Belarusian, Russian laws on 20 January
Representatives of the Standing Committee of the Union State of Belarus and Russia will brief the MPs on progress in work on the draft concept on approximating the legislation of the Union State member states...

Postal services of Belarus, Armenia to expand cooperation
The parties discussed the status and prospects for cooperation between the postal services, including the possibility of concluding a bilateral interagency agreement on tariffs and multidisciplinary cooperation, as well as issues related to philatelic production...

Common approaches to education in Belarus, Cuba pointed out
Igor Karpenko said: “It is particularly pleasing that we’ve signed a memorandum of cooperation between the Republican Institute for Vocational Education and the Directorate of Technical and Vocational Training of the Cuban Education Ministry at the school today"...

Meetings with heads of Austrian, U.S. diplomatic missions in Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sergei Aleinik and Aloisia Worgetter discussed the state and prospects of advancement of Belarus-Austria cooperation in various spheres. They reaffirmed the interest of the sides in continuing the constructive dialogue...

Negotiations in progress on ENSREG experts’ visit to Belarusian nuclear power plant in February
The source confirmed that negotiations are in progress. The visit is supposed to take place in February 2021 as part of a peer review of the national action plan resulting from stress tests of the Belarusian nuclear power plant...

Strategy to guide development of Eurasian economic integration till 2025 published
The strategic directions of development of Eurasian economic integration for the period till 2025 were approved by the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on 11 December 2020. The document contains 330 measures and mechanisms meant to advance cooperation in the Eurasian Economic Union space...