Events

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...

Belarus invites Romania to intensify investment cooperation
"If we are talking about large-scale cooperation, then, first of all, it is investment, and this document is really needed if we want to facilitate investments and to ensure their legal protection"...

Belarus’ report on spent fuel, radioactive waste management submitted to IAEA
The sixth national report contains a list of spent fuel and radioactive waste treatment facilities in Belarus, the information about the state policy and practices in this field, the legislation, implementation of the recommendations issued following the previous report...

Belarus’ Investigative Committee hosts working meeting with scientists from Russia, Ukraine
"The meeting participants discussed the issues of law enforcement during pre-trial proceedings and also the areas of further cooperation in the scientific field, including within the framework of the journal "Preliminary Investigation"...

Belarus, Russia to review Zapad 2017 army exercise
The meeting will be held in the Moscow-based National Defense Control Center. Defense Minister Andrei Ravkov is expected to lead the Belarusian delegation...

Stamps canceled in Minsk to mark 25 years of Belarus-Romania diplomatic relations
As many as 15,000 copies of the stamp sheet have been published. Their images were inspired by works of prominent Belarusian and Romanian painters...

Makei: Extremely positive momentum in Belarus-Romania relations
“Belarus-Romania relations have lately seen an extremely positive momentum. Constructive interaction with our Romanian partners has been gradually expanding at all levels”...

Belarus, Slovakia discuss prospects of cooperation between economic entities
Cooperation between the supreme audit institutions (SAIs) of Slovakia and Belarus has been gaining momentum. In 2016, a delegation of the Supreme Audit Office of Slovakia attended, at the invitation of the Belarusian party, in a meeting of the CIS Council of SAIs heads in Minsk...

Financial watchdogs of Belarus, Slovakia to take stock of e-procurement monitoring
"In Europe, the legislation does not outline the fields where a committee controls all the commercial and financial activities in a country. This is why our practices are of interest to foreign colleagues"...

Belarus' foreign minister to visit Moscow 14-15 November
Following the talks, the ministers plan to sign a program of action in foreign policy in 2018-2019 and a plan of ministerial consultations between Russia and Belarus in 2018...

MPs ratify Belarus-China agreement on international freight transport
When presenting the bill, Belarus’ Transport and Communications Minister Anatoly Sivak said that the agreement is intended to strengthen cooperation in transportation and logistics, to enhance the competitiveness of the international transport route between Europe and Asia...

MPs to invite parliamentary delegations of Philippines, Angola to visit Belarus
The relevant decision was made at the session of the Council of the House of Representatives chaired by Speaker Vladimir Andreichenko on 9 November...

UN supports Belarusian resolution against trafficking in persons
The resolution is aimed at improving the comprehensive approach to the policy-making in combating trafficking in persons at all levels of cooperation. The resolution reflects major recent global trends in the fight against human trafficking...

Belarus ratifies agreement with Turkmenistan on cooperation in combating crime
The major forms of interaction will include the execution of requests for assistance, the implementation of coordinated operational and intelligence measures and preventive measures, the exchange of information on crimes committed or being prepared...

Belarus attends talks on mutual recognition of visas in Moscow
Earlier, Belarusian senator, Chairman of the Commission for Foreign Policy at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State Sergei Rakhmanov said that the agreement on mutual recognition of visas between Belarus and Russia can be signed before the end of 2017...

Belarus elected to UNESCO Executive Board
Belarus placed first in the voting, being supported by 171 out of 184 states which took part in the General Conference...

EFSD to review Belarus’ fulfillment of conditions for sixth tranche of loan
The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development supports Belarus’ reform program for 2016-2018 with a $2-billion loan divided into seven tranches. Five tranches to the total amount of $1.6 billion have already been provided to the country...