News & Events in Belarus

East and West seen as equally important partners for Belarus
“Today we need to find more business partners and reliable allies in order to strengthen our standing. We do not need to confront anyone. We need to make friends with everyone. We need to find new contacts everywhere to be known, understood, and recognized in the end. This is when we will be able to establish mutually beneficial relations”...

Minsk Declaration adopted at OSCE PA annual session
The Minsk Declaration is based on the resolutions adopted following the discussions and contains the recommendations to national governments, parliaments and the international community on responding to the present-day challenges and threats...

President emphasizes peace-loving nature of Belarusians
“The many centuries of history of the Belarusian nation eloquently indicate how we appreciate peace and prosperity in the native land. How carefully we treat the legacy of past generations and confidently build the present and the future of our state. We hold in high esteem the heroes, who defended the fatherland’s independence"...

Lukashenko presents concept for Belarus’ development with focus on good living standards
The president stressed that it is necessary to set up manufacturing facilities in such small population centers, create jobs for local residents. They must conform to the highest international standards. “We have already come more than half way in this regard. We need to finish this process,” the head of state noted...

Lukashenko sends greetings to participants of event to mark Yanka Kupala’s 135th birthday
“The star of Yanka Kupala has risen in a life-changing period of history when Belarus was making its first steps toward statehood. Thanks to the power of his talent, the poet determined the development path of the Belarusian language and culture, and laid out spiritual milestones for many generations. Therefore, we, the citizens of the sovereign country, are proud of Yanka Kupala’s legacy and are doing our best to promote and preserve it for our descendants”...

Belarus’ interest in advancing relations with USA unchanged
“Our interest in advancing full-value partnership relations with the USA remains unchanged. In the last 2-3 years we restored a certain level of political trust. It would have been impossible without a mutual desire," said Alexander Lukashenko as he met with a delegation of the U.S. Congress...

Lukashenko: Belarus should use all tools to protect its national interests
"Belarus pursues a peace-loving multi-vector foreign policy. Our country does not have geopolitical ambitions. However, we should use all tools to protect our national interests. We should do it relying on our own capacities and military cooperation with the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization”...

Lukashenko, Kurz discuss Belarus-Austria relations, OSCE agenda
“We have good relations with Austria,” Alexander Lukashenko said. He also stressed the foreign minister’s significant contribution to the development of Belarus-Austria relations...

Lukashenko talks about human rights, democracy in Belarus
“After gaining sovereignty, we set the goal to build a state for the people with opportunities for full and free development of every individual and with the high level of human rights protection,” Alexander Lukashenko said at the plenary session dedicated to the formal opening of the 26th OSCE PA annual session in Minsk...

Lukashenko: OSCE can count on Belarus as a donor of security in European region
“You are aware of our potential. You can always count on us, especially as far as the donation of security in the European region is concerned,” the head of state said. He remarked that there are conflicts in such regions as Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria...

OSCE PA Summer Session opens in Minsk
This year the OSCE PA session is dedicated to enhancing mutual trust and cooperation in the name of peace and prosperity in the region. The agenda of the session comprises reports of three general committees: on political affairs and security; on economic affairs, science, technology, and environment; on democracy, human rights, and humanitarian affairs...

Distinguished Belarusians honored with state awards
Orders, medals, honorary titles have been conferred on about 40 people. Belarus President stressed that the today’s heirs of those heroic times are multiplying the glory of the Homeland by the exemplary fulfillment of service duties and personal courage...

Lukashenko: Belarus is in favor of resolving any international conflicts through negotiations
“We are proud of the fact that Belarus is an established independent nation that pursues a peaceful multiple-vector foreign policy. Equality of all countries and their non-interference with domestic affairs of each other represent our unwavering principle. We are in favor of resolving any international conflicts through negotiations only”...

Army parade in Minsk in honor of Independence Day
A parade of the Minsk garrison forces and civilian machines and vehicles took place in Minsk on 3 July in honor of Belarus’ Independence Day. About 3,500 military personnel took part in the parade...

Belarus celebrates Independence Day
The holiday is celebrated on the day Minsk was liberated from the Nazi invaders – 3 July 1944. The first Independence Day was celebrated in Belarus in 1997...

Lukashenko: Belarusians don’t need turmoil, wars, and revolutions
“We have time-tested ideals and values of our own. We will not tolerate forced ideas. Today we can say for sure that the Belarus of the 21st century is a stable country walking a path of independent development”...

Belarus, Russia committed to enhancing political, economic partnership
“Today we are holding the most important and large-scale events in our bilateral relations. These are the session of the Supreme State Council and the Forum of Regions. The presence of a big number of representatives of large enterprises and organizations from Belarus and Russia at these events testifies to the closest ties between the two brotherly nations"...

Lukashenko: Decisions of Supreme State Council will promote Belarus-Russia integration
“We still have a long way to go. The main thing for us is import substitution. We must prove to the whole world that we are self-sufficient nations, self-sufficient states,” Alexander Lukashenko said at the meeting with Russia President Vladimir Putin...

Lukashenko points out considerable benefits of Belarus-Russia joint efforts
“This year we’ve celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. The date symbolizes the choice of the main development vector, the mutual aspiration for integration and deep interaction in social, economic, humanitarian and other affairs"...

Lukashenko attends meeting of Russian media chief editors club hosted by TASS
During the open conversation which lasted for about three hours the participants of the meeting discussed a wide range of issues. The Belarusian-Russian relations were in the spotlight. Alexander Lukashenko spoke about the progress in the development of bilateral relations between the two countries...