Events

Belarus’ MFA urges respect for authority, opinion of international organizations regarding BelNPP
“We believe that everyone should respect the authority and opinion of international organizations that specialize in this area. Let’s provide the IAEA experts and Belarusian specialists with a chance to calmly finish their work,” Dmitry Mironchik said...

Geneva to host talks on Belarus’ accession to WTO next week
As for the World Trade Organization, a Belarusian delegation will go to Geneva on Monday for the first full round of talks on Belarus’ accession to the WTO with a hundred countries,” Alexei Bogdanov noted. The negotiations will last for a week...

Lukashenko hails high professionalism of Belarusian rescuers
“Today the Emergencies Ministry of Belarus is a strong and vigorously developing operational organization which can cope with a wide range of tasks and has a huge potential,” the message of greetings reads. “Belarusian rescuers demonstrate high professionalism in the mitigation of fires, accidents, and consequences of extreme weather, take an active part in humanitarian missions abroad”...

Belarus hopes to continue cooperation with IAEA
Alena Kupchyna, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Austria, Permanent Representative of Belarus to the International Organizations in Vienna, said as she met with IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano...

Belarus, Sudan to share experience of legislation improvement
Experience will be shared in line with the memorandum of understanding in mutual cooperation between the Belarusian and Sudanese justice ministries. Justice Minister Oleg Slizhevsky signed the document on behalf of the Belarusian side within the framework of the official visit of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to Sudan...

Constitutional norms strictly observed in Belarusian lawmaking
Presiding Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus Piotr Miklashevich made the statement after announcing the final part of the address Belarus' Constitutional Court had prepared to outline the state of constitutional legitimacy in Belarus in 2016 for the head of state and the parliament...

Belarus, Portugal gearing up to celebrate 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations
Pavel Latushko and Antonio Sabido Costa discussed a wide range of items on the bilateral agenda. They talked about the matters that will be in focus at the upcoming ministerial consultations, about preparations for signing bilateral agreements and implementation of cultural and educational projects. The parties agreed to hold a number of joint events...

Lukashenko sends birthday greetings to Tamara Gverdtsiteli
“Thanks to your bright individuality and irresistible singing techniques you are appreciated in Russia and abroad. People in Belarus also like your creative work,” the felicitation message reads...

Belarus, Sudan to work out practice-oriented roadmap to enhance cooperation
“We have agreed that when working on the roadmap of our cooperation, our action plan, the ministers of the two countries will submit at least 3-5 proposals for the signing of contracts in the near future,” the President said. “Our strategic cooperation should be focused on practical results. It will not go beyond the talk stage without trade and economic projects. There should be concrete results,” Alexander Lukashenko underlined...

Lukashenko to hold talks with Sudan President
The leaders of the two countries are expected to discuss prospects and the main avenues for advancing Belarusian-Sudanese relations, outline concrete steps to broaden cooperation. Close attention will be focused on matters of economic cooperation...

Belarusian ambassador to Austria presents credentials to UNIDO head
During the meeting with the UNIDO Director General the parties discussed the implementation of technical cooperation projects in Belarus and the prospects of further cooperation on the matters connected with middle-income countries...

Lukashenko expresses condolences to Kyrgyzstan over plane crash victims
“It is with deep sorrow that Belarus has learned the news about the deadly Boeing 747 crash near Bishkek,” the President of Belarus remarked. “In this difficult moment we share this pain and grief with the friendly people of Kyrgyzstan"...

Roadmap to advance Belarus-Egypt cooperation to be prepared in Q1 2017
“The roadmap of our cooperation should be prepared in Q1 2017. This action plan should be prepared and filled with concrete meaning within three months. We should specify what production facilities and joint ventures to establish on the territory of Egypt,” Alexander Lukashenko said...

Belarus, Egypt plan joint cultural projects
The memorandum of understanding between the Ministries of Culture of Belarus and Egypt signed during the visit of the Belarusian head of state to Egypt will lay the foundation for strengthening the bilateral cooperation in culture...

Lukashenko to attend Belarus-Egypt business forum opening ceremony
The Belarusian head of state is also set to meet with Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt Ali Abdel Aal...

Lukashenko meets with Egypt’s Defense Minister
“I have already told your President that we have no closed issues for cooperation. We are ready to provide any assistance and support we can, if you need it,” said Alexander Lukashenko...

Roadmap to advance Belarus-Egypt cooperation across the board
Alexander Lukashenko said: “The president and I have agreed that members of the Belarus-Egypt intergovernmental commission will gather in Minsk soon in order to work out an action plan, a roadmap for the future. After that a report will be presented before the president of Egypt and he will decide on going to Belarus in order to get a close and personal look at Belarus’ capabilities in cooperation areas of interest together with specialists”...

Belarus, Egypt sign ten documents to advance cooperation in various spheres
In particular, Alexander Lukashenko and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi signed a joint declaration, which underscores the mutual desire to bolster Belarusian-Egyptian relations. As a result of the talks the sides signed a memorandum of understanding between the culture ministries, a memorandum on cooperation in agriculture, a memorandum of understanding in military and technical cooperation...

Presidents of Belarus, Egypt negotiating in Cairo
An official ceremony to welcome the Belarus President took place before the talks started. National anthems of the two countries were performed and a guard of honor was arranged. The negotiations began as one-on-one talks. They will be followed by expanded-participation talks. A number of bilateral documents are supposed to be signed after the talks...

Makei: China has never imposed preconditions for cooperation
“Whatever internal worries, we always do our best to enhance and promote our relations. Despite the great distance, China has always been a close partner for us. We have been building the relations on an equal footing gradually moving towards each other,” the Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs emphasized...