Events

Lukashenko speaks with Tokayev over phone
“Aleksandr Lukashenko invited Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to make an official visit to Belarus, and noted that the country is looking forward to his visit. In response, the Kazakhstan president said that he views his future visit as an impetus to the agreements reached in October”...

U.S. secretary of state to visit Belarus on 4 January
“Indeed, we are preparing such an event in cooperation with the U.S. side. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo's working visit to Belarus is scheduled for 4 January 2020,” Anatoly Glaz said...

Belarus invites Russia to hold next regional forum in Minsk and Minsk Oblast
The speaker informed that Belarus sent its proposals to the Russian side regarding the topics of the forum, the time and place...

Belarus president makes new appointments
The head of state appointed: Sergei Terentyev Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria with concurrent accreditation...

Foreign Policy Magazine reports about Pompeo’s possible visit to Belarus
A reminder, a number of high-level officials from the United States visited Belarus in 2019...

Belarus, Moscow sign cooperation plan for 2020-2022
At the meeting with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Anatoly Sivak noted that the two capitals Minsk and Moscow need a similar plan for development of cooperation...

Acceptable terms for tighter Belarus-Russia integration identified
“Let me ask you a rhetorical question: what kind of a union is it if things are getting worse and worse across the board? But Russia doesn’t want to analyze it. It doesn’t need to. For some reason Russia wants to prove that [Belarus] is a freeloader, that Lukashenko is no good, that he is a whimsical man at least. Total nonsense”...

China ready to exchange best practices in public administration with Belarus
“China is ready to exchange best practices in public administration and other fields of expertise with Belarus. Belarus was among the first states to support the Belt and Road initiative and is now actively involved in its implementation”...

Performance of Belarus President Property Management Directorate reviewed
As Viktor Sheiman also oversees the cooperation with African countries, the progress in the construction of a number of joint ventures was reviewed during the meeting...

Belarus to get unified economic appeal court
About 20 most experienced judges will work in the unified economic appeal court in Minsk...

Belarus has its vision of improvements to Eastern Partnership
Belarus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said in an interview with the Osteuropa Informationen economic publication of the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations...

Lukashenko attends CIS informal summit
The event started after the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council where the heads of state took an official decision on Belarus’ presidency in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in 2020...

Lukashenko talks about membership of EEC board
“We have just agreed on the membership of the board: Russia will be in charge of trade issues. Belarus will be responsible for technical regulation. The agricultural commission is Armenia’s domain. Belarus holds the presidency. So all these issues have been resolved"...

Lukashenko arrives in St Petersburg for EAEU, CIS summits
As the presidential press service informed, the agenda of the summit includes matters related to strategic areas of Eurasian economic integration...

Belarus’ participation in Eastern Partnership discussed in Brussels
The Belarusian-European relations and Belarus’ participation in the Eastern Partnership initiative were discussed during a working visit of Belarus Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Oleg Kravchenko to Brussels...

Rumas, Medvedev discuss Belarus-Russia integration
The parties discussed the results of the talks between the heads of the working groups set up to develop proposals for further Belarus-Russia integration...

Belarus President Administration on its vision of new Code on Administrative Offences
The new Code on Administrative Offences will ease sanctions for a number of offences. Some offences might be considered insignificant and will be decriminalized altogether...

Analyst opines on efforts to earn political dividends on environment in Belarus
The participants of the meeting discussed environmental trendsetters in Belarus...

UN General Assembly adopts resolution on Chernobyl disaster
Together with Belarus, 56 states co-sponsored this important document on Chernobyl. The resolution of the UN General Assembly will provide a platform for further actions in order to optimize the international response to the Chernobyl impact...

Belarus takes further action to ease travel for foreigners
The new law provides, among other things, for the extension of the period during which foreigners must register with the local police office in the district in which they are staying. This period has been extended from 5 to 10 days...