Events

Gunther Oettinger to visit Belarus on 17-18 February
Gunther Oettinger is expected to meet with Belarus Prime Minister Sergei Rumas, Finance Minister Maksim Yermolovich and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Oleg Kravchenko...

Belarus expects Armenia to schedule meeting with its candidate for CSTO SG office soon
As is known, Armenia wishes to retain the chairmanship in the CSTO until 2020...

Belarus, Poland sign social security agreement
Belarus and Poland signed a social security agreement during an official visit of a Belarusian parliamentary delegation headed by Chairman of the Council of the Republic Mikhail Myasnikovich to Warsaw...

Belarus, Poland to intensify interparliamentary contacts
Belarus seeks to expand cooperation with Poland based on the principles of good neighborliness, mutual respect and equality taking into consideration each other’s interests...

Belarus, Poland agree on cooperation as part of Belt and Road initiative
In particular, they discussed joint efforts to implement infrastructure projects and to develop trade and logistics hubs as part of the Belt and Road global initiative...

Belarus, Serbia discuss social security matters
The parties discussed the social and economic agenda, including social security matters. Zoran Djordjevic told the Belarusian diplomat how Serbia takes care of its veterans...

Republican Board Honor to be annually updated before 1 May in Belarus
In particular, the updated Republican Board Honor will be annually unveiled in the run-up to Labor Day (1 May)...

Belarus-Armenia trade up by 17.3% in 2018
In 2018 Belarus-Armenia trade totaled $50.1 million, up by 17.3% over 2017. Exports amounted to $37.4 million, imports came at $12.7 million. Belarus had a $24.7 million surplus...

Talks on Donbass underway in Minsk
The talks by the Trilateral Contact Group were preceded by the meeting of the working subgroups...

Talks on Ukraine resume in Minsk
At the previous meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on 30 January, OSCE's special representative in the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine Martin Sajdik emphasized full commitment to the Minsk Agreements and personal conviction that they are indispensable and irreplaceable for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the east of Ukraine...

Belarus president arrives in Russia on working visit
Some details of the agenda and the format of the meeting were revealed the day before. On 13 February Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin are expected to discuss key items on the bilateral agenda and prospects of advancing integration processes in the Eurasian space...

Belarus invites Poland to boost investment cooperation
Among the priorities are the prospects of setting up in Belarus joint companies with the Polish capital to produce medications, chemical weed and pest killers, veterinary preparations, since both Belarus an Poland have a great deal of experience in these fields...

Belarus attends UN Commission for Social Development session in New York
In his speech, the deputy minister laid out Belarus’ experience in overcoming inequality in the context of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...

Belarus, Spain encouraged to boost trade to $500m
The president said that more can be done to develop cooperation with Spain. According to the president, Pavel Pustovoi, the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Spain and Belarus’ Permanent Representative to the World Tourism Organization, will need “to lay solid foundation of relations”...

Belarus president makes new appointments
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made new appointments on 12 February...

Belarus president appoints new ambassadors to Spain, Poland
Pavel Pustovoi was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the Kingdom of Spain with a concurrent accreditation as Belarus’ permanent representative to the World Tourism Organization...

New deputy head of Belarus President Property Management Directorate appointed
Alexander Lukashenko told Andrei Sviridov that the Belarus President Property Management Directorate is an agency with multiple business ventures and interests, which enterprises and organizations take care of various areas of work...

New aides to Belarus president – inspectors for Minsk, Brest Oblast appointed
Vitally Prima has been appointed aide to the Belarus the president - inspector for Minsk...

Belarus, Turkey hold ministerial consultations
“The parties discussed a broad range of issues of the bilateral and multilateral agenda, including plans to hold events at the high and highest levels,” the press service informed...

Belarus, Latvia discuss cooperation within international organizations
The parties shares views on the topical issues of the regional and European security, and discussed ways to expand Belarus-Latvia cooperation in politics and defense...