Events

Belarus, Turkey seek to develop cooperation in power engineering, ICT, healthcare
"The State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey held a contest of joint innovation projects. As a result, the project to design an autonomous multi-robot system for warehouses will receive financing"...

Belarus attends SCO-Xuzhou conference on interregional cooperation
Belarus’ Consul General to Shanghai Andrei Andreyev took part in a meeting on cooperation and exchange between Xuzhou, ASEAN countries and Belt and Road states, and also the conference on interregional cooperation between the SCO member states and Xuzhou...

Lukashenko confirms Belarus’ interest in cooperation with Romania
The head of state confirmed Belarus’ interest in further development of cooperation with Romania in all the sectors of mutual interest and wished strong health and new achievements to Klaus Iohannis and peace, accord and wellbeing to the people of the country...

Prime ministers discuss priorities of Belarus-Russia economic cooperation
Close attention was paid to prospects of interaction within the framework of the Union State of Belarus and Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union...

Belarus eager to step up participation in SCO Energy Club
"Belarus actively advances international cooperation in matters of enhancement of nuclear safety and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. We are interested in expanding the participation of our country in the work of the SCO Energy Club"...

Belarus, Finland keen to keep direct Minsk-Helsinki flight
"The parties reviewed the state of the bilateral relations during the pandemic and discussed future joint activities, including in tourism and culture"...

Belarusian ambassador attends meeting hosted by Japanese Prime Minister's national security adviser
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and Japan were established on 26 January 1992...

Possible ways to resolve natural gas problems in Eurasian Economic Union outlined
"We have a program on setting up the common natural gas market. In line with the program an international agreement is supposed to be drafted in 2021 in order to stipulate – as we expect it to – all the details such as the pricing of natural gas and gas transportation tariffs"...

Belarusian PM to attend meeting of SCO summit
The government leaders are expected to discuss the prospects and measures to deepen cooperation in trade, economy and investment, including in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Belarus might send more peacekeepers to crisis regions
"The core of our contingent are medical professionals, let’s call it a signature feature of Belarus, because these people will not only help stabilize the situation, but will also provide medical care to both peacekeepers and the local population, that is, they will perform humanitarian tasks,” Dmitry Ryabikhin said...

Belarus calls for global dialogue on security at IOM event in Geneva
In his words, the permanent representative focused on the assessment of the IOM work amid the coronavirus pandemic and informed about Belarus’ approaches to counter this challenge. The head of the Belarusian delegation welcomed the role of IOM and the UN migration network in conducting regional reviews on implementation of the Global Agreement on Migrants...

Belarus, Kyrgyzstan to hold video conference on bilateral economic cooperation
The parties discussed possible areas of cooperation between the diplomatic mission and the association to boost Belarus-Kyrgyzstan economic relations...

Belarus, Romania to expand interregional contacts
The Belarusian diplomat met with top officials of Vrancea County, the county’s capital city of Focsani, and Dumbraveni Commune. He arranged a presentation of Belarus’ economic, investment, tourism, scientific, educational, and cultural potential. The entire range of matters concerning future advancement of cooperation with the Republic of Belarus was discussed...

Belarus, Finland eager to advance contacts in economy
Top officials of the Department’s Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia also took part in the meeting. The sides discussed the domestic political situation in Belarus and mentioned the importance of a permanent direct dialogue between Belarus and the European Union via diplomatic channels...

Belarus, Russia agree on concerted action in international arena
Such an agreement was reached at a joint meeting of the collegiums of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and Russia led by foreign ministers Vladimir Makei and Sergey Lavrov on 26 November...

Lukashenko meets with chairman of Hungarian Workers’ Party
The Hungarian Workers' Party is in strict opposition to most major parties in the country and adheres to the ideals of the socialist revolution...

FM: Belarus prepared to stop cooperation with Council of Europe
"We are interested in the cooperation with this organization. However if the Council of Europe decides to adopt cooperation programs with our country without coordination with the Belarusian authorities, we will simply cease any interaction with this organization"...

Belarus, Russia to keep resuming transport communication
"We have already agreed on certain exemptions for some categories of citizens and on more steps to continue reviving air travel between the two countries"...

Fast communication between Belarusian, Russian ministries of foreign affairs amid pandemic welcomed
After the meeting Vladimir Makei mentioned the friendly and constructive nature of interaction between the two ministries...

Lukashenko hails Russia’s role in Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement
"I would like to congratulate you on the outcome in the Caucasus. You have done a great job. It is clear that there will be criticism and so on. But the fact that, largely thanks to Russia, this bloodshed has stopped, that people are not longer dying there"...