Events

Lukashenko off to UAE on working visit
The program of the visit includes a number of meetings and negotiations, which will focus on the continuation and promotion of trade, economic, investment and humanitarian cooperation and other areas of mutual interest...

Lukashenko's working visit to Oman continues. President meets with deputy prime minister
“Together with Sultan we actually defined our action plan. We have set up an intergovernmental commission and since yesterday we have started working out a roadmap, a plan of our actions. The Sultan of Oman will come to Belarus in the middle of next year. We will approve this roadmap and the plan,” the president said...

Belarus, Oman sign documents on cooperation, outline roadmaps by sectors
In addition, during the president's visit, there were a lot of consultations and negotiations at the ministerial level (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Industry Ministry and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food) outside of the summit meetings...

Lukashenko sends National Day greetings to Qatar
Aleksandr Lukashenko welcomed the willingness of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to come to Belarus on a visit and discuss steps to increase the dynamics of bilateral cooperation...

Belarus, ASEAN discuss enhancing cooperation
The parties discussed the state of affairs, Belarus’ interaction with the association in various areas and prospects for enhancing cooperation between Belarus and ASEAN...

Belarus honors Roscosmos representatives
The Roscosmos representatives were honored for services to space activities, scientific research, training of highly qualified personnel, and international cooperation...

Lukashenko sends birthday greetings to Pope Francis
"I am pleased to note the high level of interaction and active development of relations between Belarus and the Vatican in many ways thanks to your efforts"...

MFA: Belarus maintains diplomatic presence in Syria
The ministry mentioned that some technical issues have already been addressed. In this regard, in addition to the previously announced phone numbers (+96171791269, +905380591188 (WhatsApp)), the ministry offers a new e-mail address for communication with the embassy: consul.lebanon@mfa.gov.by...

Belarus-Russia agreement on mutual recognition of visas to come into force in mid-January 2025
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexei Overchuk made the statement during the conference “Union State: Integration, development, trust” held in Moscow and dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Union State Foundation Treaty...

Belarus hosts 4,065 visa-waiver visitors from Europe over past week
A total of 1,019,193 European residents have visited Belarus since 15 April 2022...

Belarus wants its interests taken into account in Ukraine settlement agreements
Yuri Ambrazevich emphasized Belarus' interest in the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine because the situation on its southern borders is very tense...

Lukashenko: Belarus is committed to expanding ties with Bahrain
In his congratulatory message to Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed confidence that giving momentum to the Belarusian-Bahraini political dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation in various areas, primarily in trade, economic, investment and humanitarian areas, fully corresponds to the interests of both peoples...

Shpagin submachine gun and a dagger: Lukashenko, Sultan of Oman exchange gifts
The Belarusian head of state presented the Sultan with a Slutsk sash and a Shpagin submachine gun. In turn, the Sultan gifted the Belarusian leader a khanjar, a traditional dagger originating from the Sultanate of Oman...

FM comments on Belarus’ plans to have diplomatic presence in Oman
According to him, based on their capabilities, as well as the capabilities of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, we handle many issues without a diplomatic presence, using only the embassy in Cairo as needed...

Ways of intensifying Belarusian-Omani cooperation discussed in Muscat
The foreign ministers discussed topical issues on the bilateral and international agenda, priority areas of Belarusian-Omani cooperation in the near term in the political, trade, economic and humanitarian areas...

Belarus, India committed to intensifying political dialogue
The parties discussed specific steps to intensify political dialogue and interregional interaction and mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, economy, and other areas...

Belarus takes over chairmanship in Eurasian Economic Union in 2025
Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Moscow on 13 December...

Belarusian parliament urges USA to stop embargo against Cuba
“The National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus calls for a complete and unconditional end to the embargo against Cuba and for the international community to take effective steps to prohibit the use of unilateral coercive measures as unlawful from the point of view of international law,” the statement reads...

Belarus admits over 128,000 Ukrainian citizens since 2024 year-start
Of them 66 people came to Belarus from Ukraine, 102,658 - from Poland, 24,063 - from Lithuania, 1,853 - from Latvia...

Lukashenko supports proposal to assign status of All-Belarusian Youth Construction Site to two projects
The projects that have the status of the All-Belarusian Youth Construction Site are the BelNPP, the Khatyn memorial complex, the National Center for Patriotic Education of Youth at the Kobrin fortification of the Brest Fortress...