Events

Belarus president invited to attend EEU summit in Bishkek
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has had a telephone conversation with Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev...

Belarusian-Romanian ministerial consultations focus on cooperation prospects
The parties are set to discuss the entire range of issues of bilateral relations, Belarus-EU dialogue and also cooperation in international organizations and institutions...

Ankara to host Belarus-Turkey ministerial consultations
The Belarusian side will be represented by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Oleg Kravchenko on his visit to Turkey on 28-29 March. The Turkish delegation will be led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Umit Yardim...

Belarus’ Deputy Foreign Minister to visit Argentina, Paraguay
The working visit of the deputy minister to Argentina is scheduled for 27-28 March. The Argentinean Ministry of Foreign Affairs will host bilateral consultations on political, trade and economic issues. The program of the visit will also include the presentation of Belarus’ export potential for Argentinean businessmen...

Belarus, United Kingdom discuss cooperation in visa, immigration policy
The parties discussed current matters of bilateral cooperation between Belarus and the United Kingdom, and also collaboration in the field of visa and immigration policy...

Lukashenko sends National Day greetings to Pakistan
“Belarus values traditionally friendly relations with Pakistan relying on the principles of mutual respect and trust. I am convinced that the Belarusian-Pakistani dialogue will be enhancing in the future,” Alexander Lukashenko said in a message of greetings to Mamnoon Hussain...

WMO Office for Eurasia to open in Minsk
The WMO office in Minsk will coordinate the ties between Eastern Europe and Asia. It will work to implement new hydrometeorology and environmental monitoring technologies and facilitate the exchange of information about storms and inclement weather...

Rigoni to visit Belarus 22-25 March
On 23 March, Andrea Rigoni is set to meet with Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko to discuss the participation of the National Assembly in the PACE events, capital punishment matters, Belarus’ further accession to the conventions of the Council of Europe and also the Belarusian-Italian cooperation in the Central European Initiative and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...

Lukashenko: Decree No. 3 not abolished or suspended
“As unpopular as the decree is, I have neither abolished nor suspended it. The decree stays in force. The only thing I asked for was to put tax collection on hold for the people included in the relevant lists. Some of them were put on these lists unfairly. We will review all the lists. The deadline is 1 October,” the president remarked...

Belarus president slams non-constructive opposition
“Don’t worry. We are not going to surrender the country to anyone. We will hold it safe together,” said the President. “The greatest shortcoming of the so-called fifth column is the fact that they are too far from people’s aspirations and needs”...

Belarus-Venezuela political, economic ties discussed
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Venezuela Oleg Paferov met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez...

Lukashenko sends Nowruz greetings to Iran president
Alexander Lukashenko remarked that the relations between Belarus and Iran are increasingly vibrant. The President of Belarus expressed confidence that by joint efforts the countries will expand and enhance bilateral cooperation...

Lukashenko sends birthday greetings to Metropolitan Filaret
“For many years you have been committed to the promotion of high moral ideals, true humanism and integrity in the society,” the head of state remarked. “You have been doing your best to preserve peace and accord in our country, promote Christian values, revive and multiply Orthodox traditions”...

Alexander Lukashenko expresses condolences to Peru over natural disaster victims
It is with deep pain and sorrow that Belarus has learned the news about the victims and destruction of the El Nino natural disaster, the message of condolences reads...

UNCTAD to help promote Belarus’ integration of integrations initiative
Yuri Ambrazevich and Mukhisa Kituyi discussed the state and prospects of Belarus-UNCTAD cooperation, UNCTAD’s participation in promoting the integration of integrations initiative the Belarus president had suggested. Among other things the possibility of UNCTAD hosting an international conference involving heads of regional and subregional economic integration formations was mentioned...

Lukashenko comments on attempts to aggravate situation in Belarus
“All that shows that we should stay on the lookout. We must keep our eyes open and keep the situation in our country stable,” the head of state concluded...

Belarusian deputy foreign minister meets with ambassadors of CSTO member states
The parties discussed topical issues of the cooperation among the CSTO countries in international organizations...

Belarus highlights key role of family in protecting children at UN event in New York
The delegation of Belarus noted the key role of the family in protection of children and spoke in support of a stable family that guarantees the quality education of children. The Belarusian delegation also stated the need to promote traditional family values among young people...

Lukashenko: Belarus is not going to phase out military cooperation with Russia
“Oil, gas, food and other issues in our relations are solvable. These are the issues of Belarus and Russia. However, it is inadmissible to be careless about the security and defense of our common borders,” the Belarusian leader stressed...

Belarus attends UNAIDS Global Review Panel meeting
Representatives of Belarus as members of the UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board (the executive body of the Joint Program) presented the national experience in combating HIV/AIDS, and also the areas of identifying, preventing and terminating the AIDS epidemic in the future. They spoke for the need to reduce the cost of procurement of antiretroviral drugs due to the flexibility of price policies...