Events

Belarusian nuclear industry watchdog ready for full assessment of nuclear power plant safety
“There is no doubt we are intent on fully evaluating safety. Stress tests represent a way to evaluate safety under extreme conditions, this is why carrying them out is very important for the sake of confidence in all the facets of safety of our nuclear power plant,” noted Olga Lugovskaya...

Belarus stands for promoting Non-Aligned Movement goals and principles in Europe
Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Valentin Rybakov said at the 17th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement, known also as the Non-Aligned Movement Summit...

Belarus to inform European Commission about nuclear power plant stress test results
“Our technical requirements for carrying out the stress tests are fully compliant with European requirements. Results of the tests will be forwarded to the European Commission as a national report,” noted Mikhail Mikhadyuk...

Thomas: Stress tests will make BelNPP a topic of discussion for technical experts, not politicians
“Stress tests are important as they help the regulator to discuss the technical side of the project with the regulators of other countries"...

State Secretary of Belarus’ Security Council to visit Azerbaijan
The program of the visit envisages the discussion of bilateral cooperation between the law enforcement bodies and defense ministries...

Belarus, UNESCO to expand cooperation
Chief Academic Secretary, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Alexander Kilchevsky said at the opening of the 86th meeting of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Scientific Workers (WFSW) on climate change and alternative energy...

Kupchyna meets with Head of OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission
Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alena Kupchyna met with Head of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Election Observation Mission Cayetana De Zulueta Owtram...

Belarus, Ecuador set to organize high-level meetings to boost bilateral relations
The Ecuadorian diplomat briefed Vladimir Makei about the situation in the country and the region and stressed Belarus’ importance for Ecuador as a trade and economic partner...

Belarus, United States stress need to maintain positive momentum in bilateral relations
Special attention was paid to measures necessary for full normalization of the relations between Belarus and the United States...

Belarus welcomes steps to normalize Russia-Turkey relations
Vladimir Makei reaffirmed Belarus’ position of solidarity with the Turkish authorities and people in the context of the coup attempt in July 2016...

Lukashenko sends greetings to Belarusian customs officers
"For 25 years you have been monitoring foreign trade flows, applying cutting-edge customs clearance technologies, creating favorable conditions for honest participants of foreign economic operations, preventing transboundary crimes and illegal trade”...

Belarusian foreign minister to take part in UN General Assembly session
Apart from that, the Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs will meet with a number of UN officials and heads of the delegations of UN member states...

North Korea may open embassy in Belarus
Andrei Grinkevich, Head of the Asia, Australia and Oceania Office of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with Director of the Third Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea O Son Ho in Minsk...

European Commission delegation informed about Belarusian nuclear power plant safety
The sides discussed topical matters and prospects of expanding cooperation between Belarus and the European Union in power engineering...

Lukashenko demands principled approach from MPs to consider draft budget 2017
According to Vladimir Andreichenko, the regular session of the fifth-convocation House of Representatives will open on 3 October. “We plan to consider more than 20 issues during this session. The key issue is the draft law on the national budget for 2017"...

Belarus ready to help Oman enhance cooperation with EEU
"This is a huge market of goods and services of Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia which unites more than 170 million people,” the head of state noted...

Belarus stresses importance of joint efforts against human trafficking
The head of the Belarusian mission noted the importance of joint efforts of all the parties concerned in the fight against human trafficking and confirmed the readiness of the Group of Friends to work together to improve the coordination of efforts of the UN member states, international organizations and civil society...

Lukashenko sends birthday greetings to Kyrgyzstan President
“I am convinced that the realization of Belarus- Kyrgyzstan relations’ potential will help solidify the foundation of political cooperation, promote the development of our economies”...

Lukashenko warns against decline in interaction with non-members of EEU, CSTO within CIS
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the CIS Heads of State Council summit in Bishkek on 16 September...

Belarus President attending 25th CIS Heads of State Council summit
The session is held in a restricted and expanded-participation format. The agenda of the session includes 15 items. The CIS leaders are discussing the implementation of the interstate program CIS Capitals of Culture in Azerbaijan in 2017, the program of cooperation against terrorism...