Events

Belarus to set up IT university
“This is the proposal of not only the IT community but also our leading universities: BSU and BSUIR. I think that we will soon submit to the head of state the relevant draft legal act that will regulate the activities of this educational institution,” the first vice premier said...

Belarus draws up national family planning strategy
“We shall consider all the proposals. The strategy has been developed with current medical advances in mind. It is based on family values, shaping the minds of the youth to create a family and family with kids“...

Lukashenko calls to handle frozen conflicts in post-Soviet space together
“We should not create situations and then call people from across the ocean to help us deal with these problems! Let us do ourselves and let us not create new ones!” the head of state added...

Lukashenko thanks Zelensky for warm welcome in Zhitomir, invites to visit Belarus
“Results of the 2nd Forum of Regions of Belarus and Ukraine vividly confirm the need to further advance a direct interregional dialogue,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed...

Lukashenko off to Turkmenistan on working visit
The day before Ashgabat hosted a session of the CIS Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs who, among other things, approved a number of draft resolutions as a basis for further consideration at the level of the heads of state...

Lebedev: Belarus will co-chair CIS in 2020, preside in 2021
“Minsk is considered the unofficial capital of the CIS as it houses the CIS headquarters. We receive great support in all aspects of our work in Minsk and we greatly appreciate it. We get support in terms of the venue, all kinds of initiatives”...

Lukashenko to attend CIS summit in Turkmenistan on 10-11 October
The agenda will feature issues related to interaction in the integration association, including strategic economic cooperation, collaboration in the law enforcement and military sectors, the fight against terrorism and extremism...

Lukashenko extends Independence Day greetings to Uganda
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda as the country celebrates Independence Day...

Belarus president calls for new Helsinki process
“There is a growing need for an international summit as part of the new Helsinki process. We need to hold it in the coming years under the auspices of the OSCE and perhaps the UN”...

Belarus president meets with former Croatia president
The parties discussed some historic events in the history of the Balkans and ways to strengthen international and regional security. Stjepan Mesic spoke about several historic events and the role of the former Yugoslavia in global politics...

Belarus president encourages small countries to make a statement
Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that countries are often classified as large, medium, and small ones. “There are no countries like that. All nations are great even if there are only one thousand people in a nation”...

Lukashenko speaks with Putin over phone
The heads of state discussed the development of Belarus-Russia relations, cooperation in integration associations, including the preparation of important documents in the run-up to the 20th anniversary of the Union State Treaty...

Lukashenko plans to visit EU in 2019
“I hope that this year we will pay a full-fledged visit to the European Union,” Vladimir Makei said...

Lukashenko extends birthday greetings to Russian president
“Your consistent efforts, hard work and dedication are the basis of the significant progress that Russia has made in building a powerful and independent country. You belong by right to the ranks of the world leaders of our time, enjoy great authority and influence in the international arena”...

Regions of Belarus, Ukraine sign agreements on multilateral cooperation
The documents signed include a plan of ministerial consultations for 2020-2021, an executive program of sci-tech cooperation for 2019-2021 between the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine...

Zelensky thanks Lukashenko for talks venue in Minsk
He also thanked Belarus for the support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine...

Belarus president confident in peaceful resolution of Donbass conflict in Ukraine
Aleksandr Lukashenko continued: “I don’t just want you to succeed. We are ready to do something together for Ukraine to be united, integral, and powerful so that nobody would even look sideways here. These are our principles”...

Belarus ambassador presents credentials to Chile president
The solemn ceremony was held in the presidential palace La Moneda. Taking part in the ceremony were also Chile Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Ribera and other officials...

Lukashenko to visit Zhitomir for 2nd Belarus-Ukraine regional forum on 4 October
Aleksandr Lukashenko is also set to hold talks with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. The leaders of the two countries will take a detailed look into the state and prospects of the Belarusian-Ukrainian cooperation in various fields...

Lukashenko hopes for further dialogue, cooperation with Germany
The head of state noted that for modern Germany the reunification in 1990 was a momentous event that had a significant impact on the further development of the entire European region...