Events

Belarus parliament election campaign to begin in June 2016
The official noted that Belarus cannot make the transition to a mixed system of elections to the parliament as long as members of the parliament can be recalled...

Lukashenko invites Putin to decide on topical matters in bilateral relations soon
The Belarusian President suggested making final decisions on the pending issues either at the session of the Supreme State Council or during his visit to Moscow...

CIS heads of state approve documents on counteracting new challenges and threats
The CIS heads of state adopted the CIS cooperation program in strengthening border security for 2016-2020...

Belarus, Russia to coordinate promotion of economic interests in Africa
The Belarusian and Russian foreign ministries will hold consultations in Moscow on 21 October to discuss affairs concerning African countries to the south of the Sahara Desert...

Belarus attends session of CIS Foreign Ministers Council in Astana
The participants of the session gathered to discuss a number of draft statements by the CIS heads of state...

Lukashenko goes to Kazakhstan on working visit
The agenda of the forthcoming CIS summit includes 17 issues. In particular, the CIS heads of state will make statements regarding the 70th anniversary of the UN, the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, the fight against international terrorism...

Cooperation between Belarus, United Nations discussed
The parties discussed the organization of events in Belarus to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the founding of the UN...

MFA: Belarus is open for further interaction with OSCE, Council of Europe
In particular, such interaction was discussed at the meeting of Belarus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei and Director of the OSCE/ODIHR Michael Georg Link...

Belarus-Thailand agreement to abolish visas for holders of diplomatic, service passports ratified
In line with the document, the two countries' citizens - holders of the abovementioned passports - are entitled to enter, travel, transit and stay without visas on the territory of the other state for 90 days from the date of entry...

Belarus’ Council of Republic ratifies treaty of friendship and cooperation with China
Under the treaty, Belarus and China agree not to use force or threat of force in mutual relations in line with the UN Charter and other universally recognized principles and norms of international law...

Belarus ratifies agreement on common migration space with Russia
According to Interior Minister Igor Shunevich, the creation of the common migration space between Belarus and Russia is one of the top priority goals in the development of the Union State...

Amendments to Belarus’ laws on combating terrorism pass first reading
The document has been developed to polish the legal framework for preventing, uncovering and suppressing the activity of terrorist organizations as well as protecting infrastructure facilities from terrorist attacks...

Russian Atommash to deliver equipment to Belarusian nuclear power plant on time
Atommash is still busy making the reactor vessel for the second power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant...

Austria welcomes Belarus’ efforts to promote Ukrainian settlement
"Belarus is a country that is stable not only in terms of domestic politics. It has the potential, makes efforts to stabilize the situation in the region"...

Lukashenko, Timofti discuss Belarus-Moldova relations by telephone
Nicolae Timofti congratulated Alexander Lukashenko on re-election...

Belarus-France cooperation in Eastern Partnership discussed in Paris
Belarus’ Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France Pavel Latushko met with Pierre Andrieu, French Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-large for the cooperation in the EU Eastern partnership and OSCE Minsk Group...

Presidents of Belarus, Tajikistan have telephone talk
The two heads of state shared opinions about a number of topical issues on the bilateral agenda...

Minsk hosting expert meeting on human trafficking 13-14 October
La Strada Belarus Program is timed for the EU Anti-Trafficking Day celebrated on 18 October. It is expected to draw public attention to this pressing problem and its social consequences...

EU Council decides to suspend sanctions against Belarus for four months
Harlem Desir, Secretary of State for European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France, made the relevant statement for mass media...

Prospects of Belarus’ cooperation with ODIHR, OSCE PA discussed
The sides discussed results of the international observation of the Belarus president election as well as prospects of Belarus’ further cooperation with the ODIHR and the OSCE PA...