Opinions & Interviews

Opinion: Meeting of Lukashenko, Putin confirms strategic nature of bilateral ties
"Belarus and Russia share the view on the upgrade of the security architecture, especially in the European region. This is also a strong point in our competition with other centers of power"...

FM: Belarus under pressure for independent policy
"Belarus is a young, independent state that has been developing steadily, in an evolutionary way. We have never claimed that our country is perfect. But we strongly disagree with the subjective accusations of human rights violations made against us in the UN Human Rights Council by some of its members"...

PM: Belarus kept its economy on track in 2020
“The domestic economy demonstrated resilience in the face of unprecedented external and internal pressure. The head of state upheld the government’s proposals and approved comprehensive support for the real sector of the economy, businesses and certain employees of private companies and state-run organizations"...

Minister: Belarusian government fulfills all social guarantees in 2020
“Last year was unusual, including because of the pandemic. Nevertheless, the government took necessary measures to support both public and private enterprises. As a result, we managed to preserved labor collectives. The government fulfilled all its social guarantees. This is the main thing"...

Khrenin: Fatherland Defenders Day filled with special meaning this year
"The Fatherland Defenders of the and the Armed Forces Day is celebrated by every family today. This unites us, and this is especially true in the Year of People’s Unity"...

Putin hails high-level strategic partnership with Belarus
"Mechanisms of our interaction have been fine-tuned, work well. Our colleagues communicate with each other every day, addressing certain issues that are facing us"...

Lukashenko: Yanka Kupala theater is our national asset
Aleksandr Lukashenko touched upon the financial side of the theater's work. He noted that the team should participate in the distribution of funds it receives...

Lukashenko: Nationalism is not just speaking Belarusian
"I think that nationalism is not speaking the Belarusian language. It is necessary to do something that will be remembered. I am always committed to promoting traditions"...

Lukashenko: Belarus, Russia are cushioned from sanctions due to self-sufficiency
Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that the countries can successfully cooperate in virtually all areas, be it space, biotechnology, electric cars, etc...

Belarus’ adherence to international safety standards in nuclear power plant construction stressed
The Belarusian legislation on nuclear and radiation safety is constantly improved, including taking into account new requirements and recommendations of the International Atomic Energy Agency. New norms and rules are worked out. The existing documents get reworked, including high-level ones such as the law on nuclear energy usage and the law on radiation safety...

FM: Russia never forced constitutional reform on Belarus
"The Russian side has never issued an ultimatum pushing for a constitutional reform, some changes and so on and so forth. They keep saying that this is up to Belarusian people to decide"...

FM: Belarus’ independence, sovereignty are important for Europe too
"We are ready to work with the Europeans, we are ready to discuss any issues. We are also ready to work with the OSCE to discuss the situation in our country, to find ways out of this situation"...

Ambassador: Belarusian People’s Congress fully supportive of Belarus-Russia strategic cooperation
"Belarus’ life is closely connected with Russia and other partner nations," the ambassador said. "It is important to make bilateral ties rich in interactions in economy, humanitarian and social affairs to strengthen our relations within the framework of our common history"...

FM: Belarus should continue multi-vector foreign policy
The question of what the foreign policy of Belarus should be is of concern to many. Article 18 of the Constitution stipulates that the Republic of Belarus pledges itself to make its territory a neutral, nuclear-free state...

Lukashenko: Minsk should be brought to perfection within five years
According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, visitors like Minsk for its great working and entertainment opportunities. This city ‘has not been divided by gangsters’ and is not built up densely ‘with God knows what real estate’...

Belarus seeks further development of cooperation with Uzbekistan
Roman Golovchenko stressed that the two countries have good, friendly relations. "I would like to discuss today what else we can do in the near future to bring the bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level,” he said...

Eismont: Belarus president’s new website is designed to be a live resource
“With the launch of the new website of the President of the Republic of Belarus, I would like, first of all, to emphasize that this portal will by no means be static. It was originally conceived as a live resource, constantly updating and improving," said the press secretary...

Belarus-Uzbekistan relations hailed as fruitful
"The good and trustworthy relations between our presidents certainly provide us with an opportunity for fruitful cooperation in all areas. It is important that we have opened Uzbekistan’s embassy in our country. Trade and economic relations are developing, as well as cultural and educational ones. The first Belarus-Uzbekistan Forum of Regions has taken place and we hope this tradition will continue,” Natalya Kochanova said...

Lukashenko: Post-election events prompted us to take youth education more seriously
"I once again say that we will need to work a lot with our youth in order to keep them from going astray, because they have their whole life ahead of them. We will be gone, but they will remain"...

Lukashenko: COVID-19 should not disrupt essential health services
"This is very important for us now. We got too overwhelmed with COVID and forgot that people with other diseases also need treatment. We talked about this at the onset of the first wave – we said that we should not neglect other diseases"...