Events

Belarus, Russia's Krasnoyarsk sign seven agreements, contracts
"In 2017 the trade between Krasnoyarsk Krai and Belarus amounted to $72.7 million. Belarus has sufficient resources to meet the needs of Krasnoyarsk Krai in modern freight, passenger, road-building and utility machinery"...

Belarus, Venezuela working on agreement on mutual recognition of university diplomas
The sides discussed Belarus-Venezuela cooperation in education, science and technology, and prospects of stepping up interaction in the area of geoinformation technologies...

Belarus’ governors told to put same focus on sports development as sowing campaign
The officials in charge in the government and the Belarus President Administration have been instructed to define the criteria for every region to develop summer and winter sports. “We will then assess the work of the governors”...

UNGA adopts resolution on International Association of Permanent Representatives
Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Dapkiunas, who is also an active member of the Association, noted the timeliness of recognition of the Association in the UN, and its high potential to overcome the formalism inherent in the interaction of states within the UN...

Belarus president explains how top government officials help sport federations
"Why do we send top government officials to supervisory boards? For instance, the prosecutor general takes care of skiing while the KGB chairman sees to biathlon"...

Belarus, Portugal to set up commission on economic cooperation
The parties discussed the state and prospects of the Belarusian-Portuguese relations, interaction within international organizations, Belarus-EU dialogue, and issues of the international and regional agenda...

Kyrgyzstan interested in cooperation with Belarus in healthcare
"Belarus offers accessible healthcare to the population. The level of development of medical science, particularly in transplantology, is rather high"...

Belarus, Pakistan to develop industrial cooperation
To illustrate the positive statistics, the parties mentioned the increase in shipments of the Belarusian tractors and tractor spare parts in 2017...

Belarusian General Staff chief to partake in CSTO Military Committee session in Astana
The session will focus on a number of matters relating to the organization of joint combat training exercises in 2018 and the organization of control over the CSTO collective forces...

Romania interested in Gomel Oblast economic practices
Viorel Mosanu discussed economic and social cooperation as well as ways to boost trade as he met with the governor. In his words, he was impressed with the local woods...

Belarus, Turkey confirm intention to boost trade up to $1bn
“Having noted that the current bilateral trade stands at $605 million, the Turkish MP sated that Turkey would like to increase it up to $1 billion”...

Belarus, Russia draw up agreement on transport security
“The agreement is relevant because we need to enhance the effectiveness of the Russian-Belarusian cooperation in protection of transport infrastructure and vehicles”...

Kazakhstan interested in Belarusian experience of cybercrime investigations
“The organization of such conferences is very useful for any law enforcement system. The acquired experience will allow improving the work of the law enforcement system in fighting crime in addition to securing the proper reign of law in our countries”...

Belarus calls for more active international cooperation in Chernobyl-related issues
The Belarusian diplomat mentioned the IAEA as the only international organization that currently maintains Chernobyl-related projects for Belarus and urged the WHO, FAO and the UNICEF to engage more actively in project activities in this field...

Lukashenko, Aliyev discuss Belarus-Azerbaijan cooperation by telephone
The presidents of Belarus and Azerbaijan discussed the agenda of bilateral relations, the current state and prospects of the trade and economic cooperation, contacts on the international arena...

Lukashenko congratulates Aliyev on Azerbaijan presidential election victory
"The results of the election showed that people strongly support the commitment to building strong and prosperous Azerbaijan"...

Belarusian products, technologies impress ambassadors of Latin American countries
The diplomat noted he had been first of all interested in capabilities of the Belarusian civil engineering industry and in drilling technologies. “I will definitely inform my government about what Belarus stands for today,” he promised...

Belarusian MPs to partake in CIS IPA, CSTO PA events in Saint Petersburg
The delegation will include representatives of the commissions on national security, on international affairs, on education, culture, and science, and on state development, local self-government, and regulations...

Belarus president offers condolences to Algeria over military plane crash
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has expressed condolences to Algeria President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the people of Algeria, and to the families and friends of the victims killed in the military plane crash in Algeria...

Belarus, Denmark keen to expand economic cooperation
The sides discussed wide-ranging matters on the bilateral agenda, including political, trade, economic, humanitarian cooperation, Belarus-EU dialogue, and interaction in international organizations...