Events

Helsinki to host Belarusian-Finnish ministerial consultations 14 June
The Belarusian delegation will be led by Belarus’ Minister of Foreign Minister Alena Kupchyna. The Finnish delegation will be headed by Director General for the Department for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Terhi Hakala...

Makei to attend CEI Meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs
The event is expected to review the topical issues of cooperation within the CEI, including the integration crisis, cooperation in the transport and energy fields, the Organization's role in the European integration processes...

Makei: Belarus and EU have an opportunity to reset relations
“We are happy to see that the current EU leadership has realized the futility of the policy of putting pressure on Belarus. Today we have a good opportunity to zero out the list of mutual complaints and reset constructive, balanced and mutually respectful work on important joint projects beneficial to individual countries and the European region as a whole”...

Lukashenko to take part in SCO summit in Tashkent
“Given the serious interest of Belarus in strengthening cooperation with the SCO and a high level of representation of foreign delegations at the event, President Alexander Lukashenko will take part in the summit on Belarus’ behalf,” Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei said...

Minsk to host 50th session of Belarus-Russia Union State PA 10 June
The MPs will discuss joint activity, progress made in the implementation of the top-priority areas and goals for the further development of the Union State, and summarize the results of the action plan for 2014-2015...

Belarusian, Russian MPs invited to steer cooperation between municipal self-government agencies
“Municipal self-government agencies sometimes fall below the radar of the central government,” pointed out Alexander Lukashenko during the plenary session of the third Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia in Minsk...

Belarusian and Russian parliaments recommended boosting interaction
“To continue work aimed at enhancing interaction between the administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation,” the forum participants recommended the upper houses of parliaments of the two countries...

Belarus, Russia urged to continue aligning social and humanitarian laws
“We should actively pursue further the harmonization and convergence of the legal frameworks in the social and humanitarian sphere," the Belarusian President said...

Lukashenko, Putin partake in 3rd Belarus-Russia Forum of Regions
The heads of state have already held a meeting to discuss Belarus-Russia trade and economic cooperation, other topical issues of bilateral relations...

Belarus, Russia urged to improve foreign policy coordination
“We coordinate our efforts on a systemic basis. In my opinion, there are no limits to perfection. We can do much more and help the regions of the two countries to develop their international and external economic relations”...

Regions praised for contribution to Russia-Belarus cooperation
Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Valentina Matviyenko said at the meeting with Belarusian and Russian governors in Minsk...

Minsk to host Belarus-Russia Forum of Regions plenary meeting
The theme of the meeting is the Implementation of the Coordinated Social and Economic Policy in the Union State: Achievements, Problems, Solutions and Prospects. It is expected that Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in the Forum of Regions...

Lukashenko, Putin to meet in Minsk 8 June
It is expected that the major accent of the meeting will be on the measures to reverse the reducing trend in mutual trade on the back of the economic instability in the region and worldwide...

Belarus, Russia sign 7 agreements in higher education
A network approach will receive further development in the education sector. The parties agreed to design a system to develop teacher training competence and joint education programs...

Belarus attending 105th session of International Labor Conference in Geneva
A delegation of Belarusian workers led by Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus (FTUB) Mikhail Orda is taking part in the 105th session of the International Labor Conference (ILC), which has been running in Geneva, Switzerland from 30 May to 10 June...

Belarus encourages UNFPA to prioritize support for family
Speaking during the session, Belarus’ Deputy Resident Representative in the UN Yevgeny Lazarev drew attention of the UNFPA and the Fund’s member states to the importance of taking the necessary measures in countries experiencing falling demographic growth in the course of development of a new family planning strategy...

Minsk hosts Belarus-EU human rights dialogue
Belarus’ delegation was led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alena Kupchyna. The delegation included representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Interior Ministry, Justice Ministry, Ministry of Labor and Social Security and the Central Election Commission of Belarus...

Belarus, Nicaragua discuss cooperation in higher education
Belarus Deputy Minister of Foreign Affair Evgeny Shestakov met with Ambassador of Nicaragua to Russia and concurrently to Belarus Juan Ernesto Vasquez Araya...

Creation of Belarus-Russia common labor market meets national interests of two states
“The creation of the common labor market fully meets the national interests of the two countries: the wider the market is, the more opportunities its actors have in addressing issues related to the imbalance of the workforce demand and supply, including at the level of regions,” said Oleg Tokun...

Belarus President: CIS potential is far from being exhausted
Despite that the CIS in its current form is frequently criticized, the Belarusian side believes that the cooperation potential is far from being exhausted. We have everything needed to give a fresh impetus to the CIS, enhance its international standing, and most importantly, improve its image in the eyes of its own citizens,” Alexander Lukashenko emphasized...