Opinions & Interviews

Schuebel: Belarus-EU cooperation covers many domains
"The Republic of Belarus and the European Union maintain regular contacts on integrated management of borders, energy efficiency, alternative energy sources, entrepreneurship promotion, finances and environmental conservation"...

Belarus, Germany advocate multilateral diplomacy in response to global challenges
“United Germany has been one of the most important foreign partners for the Republic of Belarus since the very first days of its independence. Germany contributes to the advancement of Belarus’ interaction with the European Union,” Andrei Dapkiunas said...

Call for Gomel Oblast, Ukraine’s Zhitomir Oblast to step up cooperation
This year’s forum of regions will give an impetus to the launch of new promising, mutually beneficial joint projects of the regions of Belarus and Ukraine, Gennady Solovei believes...

Belarus’ interest in resuming navigation along Dnieper River emphasized
“We would very much like the river transportation project, of which so much has been said, to start working at last. I know our head of state will talk about it tomorrow. Restoring navigation along the river is a good tradition. It is necessary to revive it”...

Belarus invites Ukraine to step up cooperation in industry, agriculture
"Ukraine remains an important economic and trading partner for Belarus in various areas of mutual interest. We complement each other in the industrial sector, agriculture; we have common interests in transportation and logistics"...

Call for stronger non-discriminatory Belarus-Russia economic ties
Vladimir Zakharchuk stressed that he represents the department which is responsible for bilateral relations between Belarus and Russia, including interregional relations. These matters are also on the agenda of the Union State of Belarus and Russia...

Ambassador: Belarus-Ukraine trade remains vibrant
"While our country is the fifth largest market for you, Ukraine is the second largest market for Belarus. We still have a free trade regime and no investment restrictions. We broadly use various dialogue platforms to facilitate bilateral cooperation"...

Ambassador: Ukrainian business is becoming more active in Belarus
The ambassador welcomed vibrant interregional ties between the two countries and emphasized that the majority of people live in the regions, not in the capital city. “Cooperation in the manufacturing sector should be promoted at the level of regions,” the diplomat said...

Belarus, Ukraine have big business-interregional cooperation potential
According to Vladimir Ulakhovich, no big national project can be implemented without the participation of business. He emphasized a huge role of interregional cooperation in the development of relations between the two countries...

UCCI president: Regional forum in Zhitomir will be rich in business contracts
"During the 1st forum we signed business contracts worth some $100 million. The current forum promises to become even more fruitful. We are set to sign five times more contracts between businessmen of Ukraine and Belarus"...

All conditions in place to expand Belarus-South Korea economic ties
“The Belarusian people treat their Motherland, family values and traditional way of life with great honor. Like the Koreans, we have carefully carried the love for the Motherland through the flames of numerous wars and trials”...

Belarus-Russia team play ability revealed at army exercise Union Shield 2019
Training goals of the regional military group have been achieved in full, Andrei Ravkov noted. “This exercise demonstrated that we can work, accomplish tasks, and understand each other in full at this level. We know our tasks,” he stressed...

Call to use sovereign equality principle to develop Belarus-Russia integration roadmaps
Mikhail Myasnikovich remarked that the parliament’s work should take into account the guidelines on Belarus-Russia deeper integration formulated by the renewed action program...

Belarus, China scaling up academic partnerships
Belarus-China academic partnerships are gaining momentum, Director of the Confucius Institute of Sinology at Belarusian State University (BSU), Professor Anatoly Tozik said as he met with Chinese students...

Compliance of Belarusian nuclear power plant with modern safety requirements emphasized
The official noted that the construction of the nuclear power plant in Belarus began in May 2012 but a lot of groundwork was done before that in 2008-2012. “Regulatory agencies were set up and the legislation based on IAEA documents was worked out”...

Andreichenko: World needs uniting agenda like never before
“We brought to the attention of our partners a new strategic initiative of the Belarusian head of state to set up “a belt of digital neighborliness”...

Integration regarded as means to improve people’s living standards
"These principles lay the basis for our cooperation with parliaments of other countries within such organizations as the CIS, the CSTO, and the Union State of Belarus and Russia"...

Ambassador: Belarus, China advancing to new level of cooperation
At present the two countries are advancing to a new stage of cooperation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Cui Qiming told BelTA...

Belarus president in favor of more efforts to develop trade inside Eurasian Economic Union
"I think before talking about the Eurasian Economic Union’s overall trade we should think about ways to find happiness inside the union, about ways to secure the largest profits from domestic trade"...

Belarus president calls for political decision to dismantle barriers in EAEU
"We’ve invested the Eurasian Economic Commission with the authority to track goods and label them. The commission has to guarantee that these forward-looking proposals will not become another trade barrier"...