Events

Lukashenko hopes for new meeting with Ecuador president
“Belarus appreciates your policy aimed at the strengthening of Ecuador’s sovereignty, enhancement of the country’s authority on the international arena, improvement of the wellbeing of people, and gives much attention to the expansion of friendly all-round relations and cooperation between our countries”...

Pakistan to open embassy in Belarus by year-end
“This year’s visit of the Belarusian leader to Pakistan gave a strong impetus to the bilateral cooperation in all areas. The Belarusian-Pakistani ties are rapidly developing, and Pakistan will open its embassy in Belarus this year”...

Lukashenko wants all 2015 forecast targets met
"People should not only think about tomorrow, of course, it is very important, but people live today. We must do out utmost to ensure normal living standards"...

Pakistan Prime Minister to pay official visit to Belarus on 10-12 August
It is expected that the Prime Minister will hold a series of meetings, visit some machine-building enterprises, and hold talks with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko...

Belarus president’s directive No. 1 may be updated
An analysis of current Directive No. 1 revealed that the content of the document does not match the current level of development of the society, the problems being dealt with, and the current situation...

Andreichenko praises Belarus-Vietnam inter-parliamentary cooperation
"The two countries develop bilateral cooperation through the exchange of visits at the parliamentary level, commissions and working groups as well as collaboration in international organizations, in the Inter-Parliamentary Union in particular"...

Grodno Oblast, Jiangxi Province sign agreement on cooperation in sport
"China has made serious advances in sports in recent years. Of course, we are interested in their experience in training, recovery, rehabilitation, sports medicine, and psychological work. All these are also promising areas for cooperation"...

Belarus, Sudan hold second round of ministerial consultations in Minsk
The participants of the consultations exchanged views on the issues on the regional and global agenda and discussed the mutual support in international organizations...

Pakistani Ambassador to Belarus presents copies of credentials
The parties exchanged views on a wide range of issues of Belarusian-Pakistani cooperation. For example, the parties discussed the opening of the Embassy of Pakistan in Belarus and joint activities to be carried out in 2015...

Belarus, Netherlands hold ministerial consultations in Minsk
“The parties discussed the entire range of issues on the bilateral agenda of cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, talked over the ways to intensify the political, trade, and economic cooperation between the two states"...

Lukashenko against any foreign military presence in Ukraine
“I am well informed about the situation in Donbass, Crimea and Ukraine in general”...

Lukashenko: No one will intervene in Ukraine from Belarus’ territory
“No one will attack Ukraine from our territory unless the situation is in conflict with our interests and unless Ukraine attacks Belarus. I think this will never happen”...

Lukashenko: No threat for Belarus’ independence from Russia
“Russia is not considering depriving us of sovereignty and independence in terms of any criteria, parameters, areas. Moreover, given the policy that we are pursuing. Belarus is the only honest, respectable and reliable ally of the Russian Federation”...

Belarus president intends to visit UN summit in New York in September
“We are preparing for the visit at the level of heads of state. Because it is the kind of a summit where mainly heads of state will be present”...

Haerpfer: Belarusians are more satisfied with life than their neighbors
"The main contributor to this is stability in various sectors: education, healthcare, economy, politics, which secures a higher quality of life"...

Andreichenko to attend World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in New York
Vladimir Andreichenko will stay in the United States from 30 August till 3 September...

U.S. congressman suggests enhancing diplomatic ties with Belarus
The U.S. congressman said that the United States want to promote peace and cooperation in the region and between states all over the world. He hopes that these peaceful efforts will begin today and will be developed...

Ambassadors of Belarus and El Salvador in Moscow discuss plans to bolster bilateral ties
The two parties exchanged the views on the development of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, interaction in international organizations...

Lukashenko urges to step up mineral exploration
"This issues has been discussed already, but the previous government led by the former prime minister did not make a difference in this field"...

Belarus, Russia to set up working group to promote cooperation between procuracy bodies
The Prosecutor General’s Offices agreed to continue sharing the information on the facts of the violation of contracts and to ensure the thorough verification of this information...