Events

Belarus to take part in IAEA Board of Governors session in Vienna
The Belarusian delegation will be led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Valentin Rybakov. The agenda includes preparations for the 60th session of the IAEA General Conference (26-30 September 2016), the review of the annual report on the IAEA operation...

Minsk to host Belarus-EU talks on human rights 7 June
“On 7 June Minsk will host the next round of the dialogue with the European Union on human rights. Taking part in the meeting will be experts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other Belarusian ministries,” said Dmitry Mironchik...

Moscow Mayor to visit Minsk 7-8 June
The Moscow Mayor will take part in the opening of the Moscow-Belarusian Forum of Business Cooperation, visit the exhibition-presentation of passenger, road-building and utilities vehicles...

Belarus hopes to expand cooperation with Italy
The president believes that together the countries will be able to use the existing potential of bilateral relations in full...

Belarusian military to visit Kazakhstan 2-3 June
The delegation will visit Kazakhstan to attend the international exhibition of weapons systems and military equipment KADEX 2016...

Belarus 5th water richest country in Europe
The quality of groundwater, including mineral water, and their stocks are sufficient enough to meet the domestic drinking needs, to export bottled water, and also use it for therapeutic and recreational purposes...

Minsk to host jubilee session of Belarus-Russia Union State PA
The Union State MPs will discuss the joint activities, will consider the progress made in priority areas and the priorities for further development of the Union State, and will take stock of the implementation of the Union State plan of action for 2014-2015...

Prospects for Belarus’ participation in UN activities discussed in New York
The UN headquarters in New York is hosting the 56th session of the Committee for Program and Coordination of the United Nations (CPC) from 31 May to 24 June. Oleg Yermolovich, Director-General for Multilateral Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, was elected as a rapporteur to the CPC Bureau...

Belarus delivers humanitarian aid to Ecuador
At the request of the Ecuadorian authorities, a Boeing 747 delivered 50 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Eloy Alfaro Air Base in Manta, Manabi province. The Belarusian delegation visited the epicenter of the quake near Portoviejo, Manabi province...

United Nations to launch Inclusive Belarus campaign
The United Nations Office in Belarus has plans to launch a three-month campaign Inclusive Belarus to draw public attention to the vulnerability of victims of violence and human trafficking and also migrants, refugees, and people with disabilities...

Belarus, Sweden sketch out prospects of joint work in UN
Prospects of Belarus and Sweden working together in the United Nations Organization were discussed during the meeting of Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Valentin Rybakov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to Belarus Martin Aberg...

Belarusian government approves UNICEF country program for Belarus 2016-2020
The UNICEF program will focus on the international technical assistance projects in four main areas...

EEU heads of state discuss cooperation with EU, China
“The heads of state discussed the enhancement of economic cooperation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) with third countries. The agenda of the session included many corresponding issues,” the EEC Chairman of the Board said...

Lukashenko signs bill on free trade between EEU, Vietnam
The document was ratified by the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic...

Lukashenko to attend Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting
Its participants will hold one-on-one and extended meetings. Belarus will be particularly interested to discuss the concept of the development of the common markets of gas, oil, and oil products in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)...

Program to guide Belarus-Kazakhstan cooperation for ten years
Proposals of the Belarusian and Kazakh sides will be discussed and the draft relevant program will be reviewed during the session of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation in Gomel in June...

ASEAN countries show interest in Belarus’ experience in training anti-terrorism specialists
The Belarusian delegation led by Deputy Head of the Special Training Center Dmitry Perevalov made a presentation on the training of anti-terrorism specialists at the 12th meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Counter-Terrorism...

UN Commission adopts Belarus-sponsored resolution on prevention of trafficking in human organs
The Belarusian initiative aims to attract wide attention of the international community to such a poorly studied transnational crime as trafficking in human organs...

Lukashenko arrives in Kazakhstan on working visit
Alexander Lukashenko is expected to meet with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on 30 May. The presidents will discuss current matters of bilateral relations and cooperation in integration organizations...

Belarus, Georgia sign cooperation program in justice matters for 2016-2018
The parties expressed the intention to share experiences in law-making, the enforcement of judicial and non-judicial documents, realtor activity, and civil registration and in other areas...