Events

Small countries urged to play more active role in international politics
"It is necessary to break the monopoly of dialogue between large countries on these issues"...

Call to gradually expand format of dialogue in OSCE
"One of the most effective platforms for dialogue is the OSCE which we need to to support together, if you prefer to revive. Many have forgotten what the OSCE is"...

Lukashenko: Economy is one of pillars of Belarus’ security
"Economic growth will secure jobs and consequently some earnings for people to meet their needs and provide for their families. This will help maintain peace"...

Belarus hopes for progress on visa facilitation, readmission agreements with EU
The minister added that Belarus plans to continue facilitating its visa requirements for its partner countries...

Belarus interested in pragmatic interaction of Eastern Partnership countries
“We pay close attention to matters of cooperation in the sphere of development of digital economy, small and medium business,” said Vladimir Makei...

Belarus-Kazakhstan agreement on social and economic cooperation till 2026 approved
The document was signed by the two leaders during the official visit of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Belarus...

Lukashenko to attend Minsk forum on security in Eastern Europe
"Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will participate in a plenary session of the conference on the invitation of the organizers"...

Makei: EU-EAEU dialogue will make fight for spheres of influence in Eastern Europe unnecessary
According to the minister, progress in this direction would help dispel the myth of the incompatibility of the European and Eurasian integration models...

Belarus, Russia’s Leningrad Oblast sign cooperation program for 2018-2020
"The parties signed the corresponding protocol and the program of trade, economic, social nd humanitarian cooperation between the government of Belarus and the government of Leningrad Oblast for 2018-2020"...

Belarus-Israel trade up by more than 50% in 2017
"During the meeting the parties reviewed the economic cooperation and bilateral trade during the period since the previous meeting. The parties welcomed a more than 50% growth in trade between the two countries in 2017 as against 2016"...

Belarus to increase economic presence in Pakistani province of Punjab
An agreement was reached to hold a business matchmaking event in Lahore before the end of the year, with an emphasis on engineering, agriculture, light industry and pharmaceutics...

Brest to host meeting on CSTO military technical cooperation prospects
The standing commission on collective security of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is set to meet in Brest, Belarus on 23 May to discuss matters of defense and security with the participation of the Belarusian law-enforcement agencies...

Zas to attend meeting of CSTO Committee of Security Councils' Secretaries in Kazakhstan
The state secretary of Belarus’ Security Council is scheduled to meet with the Presidential Aide and Secretary of the National Security Council of Kazakhstan Nurlan Ermekbaev to discuss the bilateral cooperation in the field of security...

Ravkov to attend CSTO Defense Ministers Council meeting in Astana
The defense ministers will exchange views on the training of military personnel of the CSTO member states up to 2020, will discuss joint training of command and control bodies as well as forces and assets of the CSTO collective security system in 2019...

Energy, agriculture seen as most promising areas of Belarus-Czechia cooperation
"I would also like to commend Belarus’ achievements in the information and communication technologies. We believe that these technologies have great potential, and we welcome the Belarusian investments in this area"...

Belarus’ report on fulfilling spent fuel convention discussed in IAEA
After reviewing the Belarusian national report, questions and answers to them the country group concluded that Belarus demonstrates directions of successful work...

MPs to examine economic security of Belarus-Russia Union State
“The meeting participants will discuss the issues related to the implementation of the coherent foreign policy of Belarus and Russia, consider the main problems of ensuing the economic security of the Union State, the status and prospects for trade and economic interaction between Belarus and Russia’s Chechnya”...

Belarus, Czechia to sign agreement on sci-tech cooperation
Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgeny Shestakov said as he took part in a session of the Belarusian-Czech commission on economic, industrial, scientific, and technical cooperation on 22 May...

Belarusian foreign ministry’s own flag under consideration
Since many Belarusian government agencies have their own symbols, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs may have them, too, Alexander Lukashenko remarked...

Belarus president makes new appointments
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko announced new appointments on 22 May...