Events

Belarus may join Ecuador earthquake relief efforts
Igor Poluyan expressed his heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the Ecuadorian people in connection with the many deaths caused by the earthquake that hit the country on 16 April and was the greatest tragedy in the last 67 years...

Metropolitan Pavel, Archbishop Guryi to attend Holy and Great Council of Orthodox Church
The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church will be held in the Greek island of Crete in June 2016. The decision to hold the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church was taken at a meeting of Primates and representatives of the Orthodox churches in Istanbul in March 2014. Every autocephalous church is represented by a delegation consisting of the Primate and not more than 24 bishops...

Stable social, economic development named cornerstone of Belarus’ government policy
The Deputy Minister of Foreign affairs added that Belarus promotes its image as a peace-loving country in the international arena. However, the absence of unfounded geopolitical ambitions does not mean that Belarus is ready to give up its national interests which it will continue to defend...

Belarus parliament delegation to visit India on 10-14 May
A delegation of the Belarusian parliament led by Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich will go to India on an official visit on 10-14 May. While in India the head of the Belarusian delegation will meet with India President Pranab Mukherjee...

Belarus’ approaches to EaP initiative presented in Prague
Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs presented Belarus’ approaches to further development of the Eastern Partnership initiative and the Belarus-EU relations at the plenary session of the ministerial meeting...

Makei to attend Visegrad Group and EaP ministerial meeting
Belarus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei will pay a working visit to Prague (Czechia) on 3-4 May...

Belarus, Egypt agree on texts of mutual legal assistance and extradition treaties
Representatives of Belarus’ Justice Ministry flew to Cairo to participate in the bilateral consultations of experts on the development of cooperation in legal matters...

Lukashenko sends birthday greetings to Alexander Yefremov
People of all ages appreciate the sincerity and depth of Alexander Yefremov’s directing, the felicitation message reads...

Lukashenko urges Belarusians to work hard for common good
The President believes that everybody should critically evaluate the results of work and try to work even better...

UK allocates $4m to Belarus on Chernobyl projects in 2015
“Sensible conservatism, common sense and reasonableness of the British people go in harmony with the feeling of compassion with people who seem to be geographically far away. Years-long efforts of more than a dozen of charitable humanitarian organizations of the UK, which provide assistance to Belarus in the mitigation of the Chernobyl impact, testify to the fact”...

Harstedt hails Belarus’ positive step in agreeing on OSCE election recommendations
Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Chair of its Ad Hoc Working Group on Belarus Kent Harstedt responded to the recent statement of Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina...

Belarus, Indonesia discuss cooperation prospects in defense sector
The Defense Ministers emphasized a considerable potential between the states in the abovementioned fields and expressed confidence that the meeting would promote the intensification of the Belarusian-Indonesian cooperation...

Minsk, Beijing sign twinning agreement
Andrei Shorets expressed confidence that the agreement will help the two cities reach a new level in the cooperation. “Primarily this applies to our ties in economy...

Rusetsky: Belarus, Hungary can improve parliamentary, economic cooperation
Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic Anatoly Rusetsky said at the meeting with the Hungarian parliamentary delegation led by Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian National Assembly Zsolt Nemeth...

China-Eurasia Expo Secretary General to visit Minsk in May
While in Belarus, Li Jingyuan is expected to discuss the Xinjiang-Belarus trade and economic cooperation. The talks will also cover Belarus’ participation in the 5th international China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi in September 2016...

Call for restoring full-value interparliamentary contacts between Belarus, Hungary
"The sides should think about improving the legislation of the two countries, expanding the legal base, which will allow deepening economic cooperation", noted the MP...

Belarus president officially thanks Chernobyl clean-up workers
The president officially thanked Chernobyl clean-up workers Viktor Zaitsev, Vladimir Koryakov, Alexander Kuzmenko, Anatoly Kuzmenkov, Mikhail Shakov, Alexander Sharendo, Ivan Shmakov...

Prospects for Belarus’ accession to CoE conventions discussed in Minsk
“The parties discussed the current state and possible ways to advance cooperation of the Republic of Belarus with the Council of Europe, including the prospects for Belarus’ accession to the Council of Europe conventions”...

Belarus, Thailand to step up efforts to prepare economic cooperation agreement
“In this context, we will reach an agreement on the exchange of visits of the representatives of various ministries and business circles till the end of 2016, step up efforts to prepare a draft trade and economic cooperation agreement and set up an intergovernmental commission on the basis of this agreement”...

Lukashenko congratulates Putin on successful launch of Soyuz-2.1a booster
“This event is a good continuation of glorious traditions of the Soviet and Russian space science, it confirms Russia’s leading positions in space exploration,” the head of state said...