Events

Belarus attending INTERPOL General Assembly in Beijing
The forum has gathered more than 100 representatives of the law-enforcement bodies of the INTERPOL member states. The agenda includes the discussion of the most important issues related to the activity of the organization, international cooperation...

Belarus president promises ice hockey lessons to UK minister
Alan Duncan said he had played field hockey at school and added that unfortunately he would not be, thus, able to join the Belarus President’s ice hockey team...

Lukashenko regrets Britain is leaving EU
"We would have had a reliable partner and friend in the EU, who would be able to tell the truth about Belarus,” said the head of state as he met with Alan Duncan, Minister of State for Europe and the Americas at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office...

Belarus PM off to Russia’s Novosibirsk on working visit
Andrei Kobyakov is expected to hold talks with Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy in the Siberian Federal District Sergei Menyailo and Novosibirsk Oblast Governor Vladimir Gorodetsky...

Azerbaijani defense minister to visit Belarus
Azerbaijani Defense Minister Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Azerbaijan Gennady Akhramovich in Baku...

Minsk Oblast, China’s Guangdong Province to cooperate in tourism
Minsk Oblast and China’s Guangdong Province signed a memorandum of cooperation in tourism and holding consultations during the visit of a delegation of Minsk Oblast to China timed to the Maritime Silk Road International Expo 2017...

Belarus sends humanitarian aid to Syria
The humanitarian aid comprises food products, children’s clothing and footwear and technical equipment. "The cargo will be transported by train from Minsk to the port of Klaipeda, Lithuania"...

Belarus, China to focus on tourism development in 2018
“If everything goes well, we will declare 2018 the Year of Tourism of Belarus and China on the sidelines of the 16+1 summit in November. It is planned that the corresponding agreement will be signed at the level of the prime ministers,” said Mikhail Portnoi...

Lukashenko: Belarus develops brotherly relations with multiethnic Russia
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the meeting with head of the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation Ramzan Kadyrov...

Cooperation prospects between Vitebsk, Chinese Jinan determined
The plans are stipulated by the protocol on implementing the agreement on advancing cooperation between the twinned cities, which was signed in Vitebsk...

Lukashenko awards Governor of Russia’s Sakhalin Oblast Oleg Kozhemyako
Oleg Kozhemyako received the Belarusian state award in recognition of a big personal contribution to the development of all-round cooperation between the two countries...

Belarus, Poland hold ministerial consultations in Minsk
“The sides touched upon a wide range of matters of Belarus-Poland political, economic, cultural, and humanitarian cooperation, discussed interaction in international and regional organizations, and upcoming joint events”...

Belarus calls for large-scale UN strategy of cooperation with middle-income countries
The minister emphasized that the promotion of interests of middle-income countries is among Belarus’ top priorities in the United Nations. “This category of countries has been kind of overlooked in the UN. This group comprises more than a hundred states. They account for a third of the global GDP and a fourth of the world’s exports and imports"...

Belarus ready to operate under new EAEU Customs Code
According to the Chairman of the State Customs Committee, Belarus is more prepared for the introduction of the code than, for instance, Kyrgyzstan or Armenia who joined the union later...

Belarus’ Customs accepts partial blame for recurring truck queues at border
The operation of the Belarusian customs service, primarily automated border crossing procedures, was high on the agenda of the latest working meeting of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Yuri Senko...

Grodno twins with Russia’s Ukhta
Apart from the twinning agreement signed between Grodno and Ukhta, an agreement on trade, economic, sci-tech, humanitarian and cultural cooperation was concluded between the Republic of Komi and Grodno Oblast...

Lukashenko expresses condolences to Mexico president over earthquake victims
“The news about a horrifying number of victims and injured people, broken and cripples fates filled our hearts with pain and sorrow,” the message of condolences reads...

Belarus, Azerbaijan sign new cooperation agreement in legal matters
Under the new agreement, the Justice Ministries will cooperate in electronic justice, training of justice and notary service workers, execution of court decisions, mediation and other areas...

New draft decree to revise powers of audit agencies in Belarus
“It is not up to auditors to decide. You should voice your claims to the directors of enterprises and businessmen, and they will decide whether they should suspend or continue their work,” Alexander Lukashenko noted...

UNICEF invited to promote culture of charity in Belarus
The sides touched upon possible UNICEF projects in Belarus’ transport sector. Anatoly Kalinin reaffirmed that proposals brought forward by the UNICEF on cooperation in this field will be considered by all agencies concerned...