Events

Lukashenko sends Independence Day greetings to Maldives president
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to Maldives President Abdulla Yameen as the country celebrates Independence Day...

Lukashenko offers condolences to Greece over Attica fire victims
On behalf of the Belarusian people and himself the head of state offered words of support to the Greece president and Greek people. He also expressed hope that the consequences of the tragedy will be mitigated as soon as possible...

Minsk hosts trilateral contact group on Ukraine on 25 July
At the previous meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on 11 July OSCE's special representative in the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine Martin Sajdik said that the number of the ceasefire violations in the east of Ukraine significantly decreased since the ceasefire had been announced on 1 July...

Talks on Ukraine resume in Minsk on 25 July
Another round of talks to settle the situation in the east of Ukraine started in Minsk on 25 July...

Belarus’ Council of Ministers approves draft agreement on scientific cooperation with Thailand
The Council of Ministers of Belarus has approved the draft agreement on cooperation in science and technology as a basis to hold talks with the Government of Thailand...

Belarus’ economic forecast for 2019 to be finalized soon
"The documents are based on two scenarios depending on a variety of external and internal factors. The first one is the target scenario which serves as the linchpin for the draft forecast of social and economic development of Belarus"...

Lukashenko sends birthday greetings to Shavkat Mirziyoyev
The head of state noted that Belarus thinks highly of Uzbekistan’s successes in social and economic field and on the international arena that were achieved under the guidance of the country’s leader...

Belarus, Thailand to sign agreement on cooperation in science, technology
The draft agreement on cooperation in science and technology was approved as a basis for further talks...

Kobyakov to attend Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting in St. Petersburg
The meeting will focus on a project to set up a unified system for goods transit through the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union using technical means, the distribution of import customs duties between the budgets of the EAEU member states...

Lukashenko instructs to clean up war cemeteries, mass grave sites
In 2018 – H1 2018 plans have been made to clean up and restore war monuments and memorials, individual and mass graves of soldiers killed during World War I and the Great Patriotic War, war cemeteries, parts of cemeteries where soldiers are buried, mass graves of civilian people...

Belarus’ Grodno Oblast to expand cooperation with Poland in logistics, tourism
It was noted at the meeting that Poland is one of Grodno Oblast’s key economic partners, which only goes behind Russia in terms of trade. Grodno Oblast is home to about 100 different companies with Polish capital...

Lukashenko, Putin discuss possible meeting, interaction in EAEU, relations with USA
The heads of state discussed the bilateral agenda with an emphasis on the expansion of the trade and economic cooperation. The sides agreed to continue mutual efforts to preserve positive cooperation dynamics...

Belarus president sends Revolution Day greetings to Egypt
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as the country celebrates Revolution Day...

Belarus continues talks with EU on visa facilitation and readmission agreements
“I cannot say that they will be signed within a day or two. There are a number of points on which we continue consultations with European partners”...

Belarus, Uzbekistan to expand legal base
During the meeting the sides discussed the organization of events and measures to advance Belarus-Uzbekistan political dialogue, including at the top level...

Glubokoye, Telavi sign agreement on cooperation
Belarusian Glubokoye and Telavi Municipality of Georgia signed an agreement on cooperation in economy, science, culture, social and humanitarian affairs...

Belarus-Latvia intergovernmental commission to convene in Riga on 6 September
Among the most promising cooperation avenues are information and communication technologies. Cooperation in transport and logistics also has good prospects. This might as well involve the Chinese-Belarusian Industrial Park Great Stone...

Minsk gearing up for OSCE conference on combating terrorism in digital age in October
The parties discussed the promising areas of cooperation between Belarus and the UN in the fight against terrorism...

Belarus, France to develop cooperation in environment
Andrei Khudyk stressed that Belarus and France have gained some experience of mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of environmental protection, including in the area of hazardous waste treatment...

Belarus, Pakistan plan to exchange visits at level of foreign ministers
Special consideration was given to the ways of intensifying cooperation through the inter-ministerial working groups in the fields of industry, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, science and education...