Events

Belarus lays out views on cooperation in Baltic Sea region
Oleg Kravchenko addressed the high-level meeting and spoke about the matching priorities, Belarus’ contribution to the development of regional cooperation to solve common problems, and suggested a number of mutually beneficial areas of cooperation...

Belarus-Italy economic commission to convene in Rome on 25 June
Belarus and Italy will hold a session of the intergovernmental economic commission in Rome on 25 June, Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgeny Shestakov said on 3 June at an event to celebrate the Italian National Day - Republic Day...

Belarus invites Slovakia to expand cooperation in Visegrad Group
The speakers discussed ways to intensify interparliamentary contacts. Vladimir Andreichenko suggested “a more active interaction within the Visegrad Group” as he addressed the speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic...

Belarus’ Investigative Committee, U.S. Secret Service seek cooperation
The parties exchanged information on the main areas of work. The U.S. federal law enforcement agency is charged with protecting the nation's president and vice president during their travel inside the country and beyond its borders, other countries’ leaders visiting the United States...

Belarus hopes to continue productive dialogue with Italy
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to Italy President Sergio Mattarella as the country celebrates National Day...

Belarus discusses joint projects with Kazakhstan
The visit was organized to pave the way for an official visit of Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko to Kazakhstan scheduled for H2 2019 and discuss important issues of bilateral cooperation...

Edgar Martirosyan appointed Supreme Court judge
The head of state appointed Edgar Martirosyan judge of the Supreme Court with the subsequent coordination of this appointment with the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly. He was relieved of the post of judge of the Vitebsk Oblast Court...

Lukashenko offers condolences to S. Korea over boat tragedy in Hungary
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has expressed condolences to President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in over the death of Korea citizens in a boat crash in Hungary...

Lukashenko: Belarus may amend Constitution or adopt a new one soon
The head of state remarked that Belarus is thinking about a new stage in connection with the changing life. "Processes have accelerated significantly. Our Constitution is lagging behind a little bit"...

Semashko vested with authorities of vice premier in charge of cooperation with Russia
In accordance with the document, Vladimir Semashko acting as vice premier will represent Belarus in contacts concerning bilateral cooperation with designated officials and public bodies of Russia and agencies of the Union State...

Lukashenko sends greetings to Latvia president-elect Egils Levits
“Thanks to the many-year history of peaceful co-existence our countries have many opportunities for advancing cooperation across the board,” the message of greetings reads...

Lukashenko sends greetings to participants of constitutional development conference
According to the head of state, it is symbolic that the meeting is held in the year when the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus and the Constitutional Court mark the 25th anniversary...

Lukashenko, Putin discuss bilateral integration on sidelines of EAEU summit
On 29 May Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin considered these issues very tentatively and instructed the governments to find areas of common interest before 21 June...

New Russian ambassador vows to strengthen Russia-Belarus ties
“The number one goal is to facilitate, as much as possible, the huge work done by the national leaders to strengthen and expand the ties between Russia and Belarus, between our regions,” Dmitry Mezentsev told the media...

Yermoshina to monitor Kazakhstan presidential election
Lidia Yermoshina noted that the CEC team will include Irina Tselikovets and her. The CEC representatives will leave for Kazakhstan on 7 June...

Lukashenko suggests that Nazarbayev take stock of EAEU
“At the narrow-participation meeting I suggested that Nursultan Nazarbayev revise, among other things, all the things that we have done or not done in our union, starting from the staff composition of our commission up to strategic priorities. He can be of invaluable help here”...

Lukashenko attending EAEU summit in Kazakhstan
This year’s session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Nur-Sultan marks the fifth anniversary of the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty and 25 years of the Eurasian integration idea...

Lukashenko, Nazarbayev reaffirm Belarus-Kazakhstan friendly relations
"No matter what happens, no matter what positions we hold, we have strong bonds of friendship. You have put it right: no matter how hard we argued and no matter how much was at stake, we were always on the same side of the fence. You always defended our interests"...

Lukashenko’s working visit to Kazakhstan begins
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has arrived in Kazakhstan on a working visit where he will participate in the session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on 29 May...

Belarus’ Zas to become CSTO chief on 1 January 2020
Stanislav Zas was in Yerevan on 27-28 May where he met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan...