Events

Vietnam president congratulates Lukashenko on election victory
Luong Cuong said he wishes the Belarusian nation under the leadership of Aleksandr Lukashenko to continue securing new accomplishments in the matter of building a prosperous and steadily developing country...

Tokayev congratulates Lukashenko on re-election over the phone
The two leaders briefly discussed key issues of bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on the international agenda...

Lukashenko skeptical about scale of self-exiled opposition’s rally in Warsaw on ballot day
A reporter with Agence France-Presse started saying that a large rally was taking place in Warsaw. However, Aleksandr Lukashenko argued that the event was not as large as Western mass media were trying to portray it...

Lukashenko wants to place Oreshnik closer to Russia's Smolensk
He also noted that the plans to deploy Oreshnik in Belarus were made in response to the desire and possibility of deploying American intermediate-range missiles in Europe...

Lukashenko: Belarus’ border with Ukraine is closed, but certain contacts are maintained
“We have no information regarding the willingness on that side to open the border. I offer them to do so very often,” the head of state stressed...

Lukashenko gives his take on possible successor
In his words, now it is necessary to think how to successfully pass 2025, developing cooperation with Russia, and how to build the future of the country so as not to fall into dependence, including on Western countries...

Lukashenko responds to statement by Poland’s FM
“Why are you dragging Russia and Putin into it? Don't you have enough problems of your own? Sikorski is an experienced politician. I've met him, talked to him. Why does he care about our election? Let him think about tomorrow. Today, Polish farmers threw manure at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. What will be tomorrow? Just calm down! Are we saying anything about you? No, we aren’t” the president responded...

Lukashenko: Belarus does not send signals to West through pardoning convicts
“As far as political prisoners are concerned, do not believe anyone saying that someone pressured me, that it was self-exiled opposition. We do not have any relations with them at all,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said...

Lukashenko sees Belarusian peacekeepers as best option for Ukraine
“But, just so you understand, I'm not overly eager to go there and I'm probably not going to send my people as peacekeepers there (as of today). I'm not going to. But it is only Belarusians who can only ensure normal relations between the middle and elder brothers,” the head of state said...

Lukashenko: Belarus needs a ‘nuclear umbrella’ to keep ‘rain’ away
“No one wants to go to war against a nuclear country. Not even the United States. They are smart people and understand that it is fraught with catastrophe,” the Belarusian leader said...

Lukashenko reveals where he will go first on official visit if he wins election
“I don't like official routines at all. I like working meetings, when we meet, talk (our negotiations always drag on into the night). Yet, these are signals for society. That's why I plan to visit the Russian Federation,” the president said, adding that it was a loaded question...

Lukashenko suggests developing common criteria for assessing democracy
“It is necessary to define what democracy means. Maybe there are some criteria of democracy? Let us define and use these criteria to assess the United States, the UK, Brussels and Minsk. It is wrong to use some criteria to assess us and others to assess them,” the Belarusian leader said...

Lukashenko: We have not expelled anyone from Belarus
“We have not expelled anyone from the country. Moreover, we have opened the country up. I have said several times that we are not vindictive people. Everyone will be given a chance,” the head of state said...

Lukashenko: No political party has ever been censored in Belarus, even Belarusian Popular Front
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told the media as he cast his vote in the presidential election in Minsk on 26 January...

Foreign ministers of Belarus, Russia talk over phone
Maksim Ryzhenkov and Sergey Lavrov discussed interaction between the foreign ministries of the two countries, as well as the global agenda and the situation in the Middle East...

Kochanova: Belarusians choose their country's future with great responsibility
Chairperson of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova said as she met with Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces of the Republic of South Africa Refilwe Maria Mtshweni-Tsipane...

Battle for the heart of Europe. Why does the West see Belarus election as crucial?
Undemocratic, predictable, inconsistent with Western standards... When the West speaks about Belarus and the upcoming election, it uses the usual set of clichés...

Over 300,000 Ukrainian citizens arrive in Belarus since 24 February 2022
Since the start of 2025, Belarus has admitted 4,872 Ukrainian citizens: 3 crossed the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, 70 came in transit through Poland, 3,906 through Lithuania, and 893 through Latvia...

Lukashenko pardons another 15 convicts
“Each pardon is an act of clemency, a chance to return to normal life and become a law-abiding member of society,” the press service noted...

Belarusian FM visits Syria
During the talks, which lasted almost two hours, the parties discussed a wide range of issues and areas of cooperation to facilitate Syria's recovery...