Events

Union State Council of Ministers High Level Group to meet in Minsk
Attending the meeting will be representatives of the ministries of foreign affairs, finance, economy, industry, agriculture, trade, education, and emergencies ministries, development finance institutions, other ministries and agencies of the two countries...

Belarus, Russia to create common scientific and technological space by 2020
Three mechanical engineering projects initiated by the Belarusian Industry Ministry have been earmarked for cooperation. They are related to the production of radio electronics components, space products, and microchips...

Belarus, Latvia seek closer military cooperation
The sides exchanged opinions on international and regional security, discussed the state and prospects of the Belarusian-Latvian cooperation, confirmed the interests of the two states in strengthening the bilateral cooperation in the military sector...

Belarus, Sudan to boost trade through interparliamentary interaction
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belarus’ National Assembly Vladimir Andreichenko and Speaker of Sudan’s National Assembly Ibrahim Omer agreed to stimulate Belarus-Sudan trade through interparliamentary cooperation...

Belarus, Ukraine to continue to conduct joint border security operations
"The heads of the agencies reviewed the results of the special joint border operation Border 2017 and recognized the need to continue the practice of holding such events in 2018"...

Information on Belarus’ 2018 local elections to be available online, in print
The official also commented on the readiness of political actors for the election campaign. "I noticed that the more money is spent on certain election campaigns, the dirtier they get"...

Some $10.5m to elect municipal councils of deputies in Belarus
“The elections budget will be roughly as much as we spent in 2014. In foreign currency terms it will be close to $10.5 million. If we talk about Belarusian rubles, it will be some Br21.2 million”...

Belarus' foreign minister to make working visit to Moscow 14-15 November
Following the talks, the ministers plan to sign a program of concerted action in foreign policy of the states-parties to the Union State Treaty for 2018-2019 and a plan of ministerial consultations between Russia and Belarus in 2018...

Belarus, Georgia to sign agreement on cooperation in culture
The signing ceremony will take place during the Days of Culture of the Republic of Belarus in Georgia on 15-18 November. The official Belarusian delegation will be headed by Culture Minister Yuri Bondar...

Union State commission on common sci-tech space to meet in Minsk 15 November
Alexander Shumilin also spoke about the preliminary results of the Year of Science in the context of international relations. "Our scientific achievements have reached the market of the United States and the market of Spain for the first time"...

Representatives of Belarusian, Ukrainian armies to discuss cooperation in arms control
Representatives of the Belarusian and Ukrainian armies will meet in Kiev on 15-16 November to discuss the fulfillment of the Belarusian-Ukrainian intergovernmental agreement on additional trust and security measures...

Belarus, UNDP to develop cooperation in environmental protection
Belarus’ Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Andrei Khudyk met with UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus Sanaka Samarasinha...

International mercury management projects to be launched in Belarus
In 2014, Belarus signed the Minamata Convention on Mercury. This was an essential step showing that our country pays great attention to this problem and takes measures to prevent the negative impact of mercury on the environment and human health...

Belarus calls for preserving universality of UN development system, its non-politicized character
Valentin Rybakov noted that Belarus expected all the elements of the ongoing repositioning to be based on the principle of the correspondence of operational activities to national priorities of recipient countries...

Belarus interested in further constructive cooperation with IAEA
The Belarusian diplomat also pointed out the IAEA’s key role in working out and promoting international nuclear safety standards and the high demand for the agency’s services to advance safe nuclear energy...

Belarus-Irkutsk Oblast working group on cooperation to meet 16 November
The visit will include a meeting with Irkutsk Oblast Governor Sergei Levchenko, the second meeting of the working group on cooperation, a business forum and a business matchmaking session...

Belarus-EU cooperation program to be adopted at EaP summit
In his words, France supports the strengthening of relations between Belarus and the European Union. He stressed that the Eastern Partnership project envisages a differentiated approach, which means that every state defines its level of cooperation with the European Union...

Belarusian MPs to visit Sudan
"The sides will put special focus on bilateral cooperation in industry, mining, and strengthening the legal framework of bilateral relations"...

Belarusian nuclear power plant safety fund to be established in advance
The fund will be established to finance R&D work, research efforts, and other kinds of work designed to keep up and enhance the safety of the nuclear installation and/or the storage facility...

Belarus preparing strategy for management of spent fuel from nuclear power plant
Belarus continues to work to improve the legal framework in the field of management of radioactive waste and spent fuel and to bring it in line with the IAEA governing documents, taking into account the recommendations issued following the IAEA Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission in 2016...