Events

Belarus MFA bids farewell to outgoing Russian ambassador
The parties discussed topical issues of Belarusian-Russian cooperation, interaction in integration associations...

Belarus' foreign minister meets with new U.S. charge d’affaires to Belarus
The meeting took place to mark the start of Jenifer H. Moore’s diplomatic mission in Belarus. The parties discussed the state and prospects of the Belarusian-U.S. relations...

MPs of Belarus, Russia’s Astrakhan Oblast to promote interregional ties
The document envisages joint events to strengthen bilateral inter-parliamentary relations, develop cooperation in scientific and innovative activities, exchange visits of delegations, and intensify ties between the standing commissions and committees...

Belarus, UAE to discuss cooperation in customs
"The guests will also get familiar with the work of the Belarusian customs, visit the agency’s institute, and learn about the work of the Belarusian customs laboratory"...

Belarus prime minister against assigning performance targets to private companies
“It is not a new matter, yet it is a bit out of focus, although it is very important to me. It applies to everyone present, first of all, the oblast governors. I mean the clause of the draft presidential decree, which forbids assigning performance targets to the private sector and assigning targets other than those set by the central government”...

Belarus’ Gomel twins with China’s Chengdu
“Chengdu is called a window to international cooperation for the western part of China with European countries. This is possible thanks to a well-developed transport infrastructure, primarily the rail one. In this regard, the freight train Chengdu-Europe can be considered the city’s business card as it connects China, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus”...

Belarus, Poland in consultations on military cooperation
"The agenda includes topical issues of international and regional security"...

Belarus-Russia Union State Cabinet to approve Earth remote sensing program concept
“According to the latest reports, the approval process in the Russian Finance Ministry is virtually over. The adoption of the program’s concept is supposed to be put on agenda of the next session of the Union State Council of Ministers”...

Finnish parliamentary delegation to visit Belarus on 29 August-1 September
“The delegation will meet with Chairman of the Council of the Republic Mikhail Myasnikovich. A meeting of the National Assembly's working group on cooperation with the Parliament of Finland is also on the agenda”...

Belarus, Iran seek further constructive inter-parliamentary cooperation
The parties hailed the fruitful nature of the inter-parliamentary cooperation between Belarus and Iran, discussed topical issues of bilateral political, trade, economic, and legal cooperation...

Belarus opening honorary consulate in Lausanne
“The Swiss government has granted the exequatur to Andrei Nazheskin, Belarus’ Honorary Consul to Lausanne with the consular district in the Cantons of Vaud, Valais, Geneva, Neuchatel, Fribourg and Jura”...

Belarus to participate in SCO chiefs of staff conference in Moscow
During the conference a representative of the General Staff of the Russian army is expected to make a report about the military political situation and activities of international terrorist organizations in crisis regions across the globe...

EU invites Belarus to implement joint infectious disease prevention projects
Public health and food safety are in focus during the visit...

Belarus president expresses condolences to Bulgaria over bus crash victims
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has expressed condolences to Bulgarian President Rumen Radev in the wake of a bus crash near Svoge which claimed numerous lives...

Lukashenko describes claims about Belarus exploiting Russia’s hardships as idiotic
"I may be more inclined to talk about it openly. Due to my character. There is nothing under the surface here. There are no nasty thoughts, which various idiots sometimes come up with, particularly in Russia. I cannot describe them otherwise"...

Belarus ready to help Syria in peace-building and recovery
According to the head of state, over the past 25 years Belarus and Syria have established strong ties of high trust and sincere friendship...

Lukashenko comments on appointment of new Russian ambassador to Belarus
“Mikhail Babich may not be a heavyweight but he certainly carries a lot of weight in politics. He has made a certain career. He is an experienced person, well familiar with many problems. Minsk is the CIS headquarters. So naturally Mikhail Babich will perform additional functions given his experience”...

Lukashenko, Putin agree on new meeting in near future
"We have agreed that the current issues are the matters for the governments to address. So, as I have already said it, we, fortunately, have no new problematic issues and they do not accumulate. These are old matters, on which we need to make decisions"...

EU commissioner on health and food safety to visit Minsk on 27 August
The EU commissioner said that he is looking forward to fruitful discussions with Belarusian counterparts, including on animal diseases, the bilateral access to markets, antimicrobial resistance, vaccination and non-communicable diseases...

Belarus president appoints new judges
Alexander Pautov was relieved of duties as Supreme Court judge with subsequent notification of the Council of the Republic. He was appointed judge and Chairman of the Economic Court of Minsk...