Opinions & Interviews

Call for more women in high paying jobs in Belarus
“The equality of women and men is intertwined with the economic and social policy and sustainable development in demographics. The gender-sensitive approach should be part and parcel of strategic planning and decision-making. Women have huge potential that is underutilized in the country’s economic sector”...

Belarus, Serbia urged to step up economic cooperation
The Belarus president said that the political relations between the two countries are at the highest level, which was confirmed by the heads of state at the recent meeting on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in China. “I think we need to add more trade, more economy to the political relations to make sure our relations have a solid foundation,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said...

Lukashenko advocates further improvement of Belarus-UK relations
“It is a pleasure for me to meet with you today. Maybe it is not the meeting during which we can profoundly discuss the issues of our relations but nevertheless, this meeting is very important. Maybe it is even historically important because, despite the volume of trade and economic cooperation which we have today, the relations between Belarus and the United Kingdom could be better, much better, frankly speaking”...

Lukashenko promises to do his best to preserve good relations with Georgia
"We started our relations from scratch, especially in the economic sector. Today, Georgia is among Belarus’ important partners. We enjoy friendly and warm relations. Our nations are very close. They respect and love each other. We have a robust foundation of the relations. Believe me, I will do my best to preserve such good and warm relations in all the spheres"...

Belarus president praises unity in Moldova
"I thank you for this visit. After all the turbulent events I would like to congratulate you and the entire Moldovan nation, the Moldovan elite on your decently recovering from a complicated situation. While in the thick of these events you may not feel it as acutely as we do. We were worried and rooted for you"...

Great potential in Belarus’ relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina
"We had rather good relations with Yugoslavia. Rather good relations between Belarus and Serbia are taking shape. We have relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina but it is not enough. We can do much more than that. This is why your visit is so important"...

China named Belarus’ reliable political, economic partner
The professor mentioned the Belt and Road initiative as one of the fundamental peaceful ideas of the modern age...

Putin: A lot has been done in Belarus-Russia integration, but it is not enough
Vladimir Putin stated that the merger of Belarus and Russia into one country is not on the agenda...

Opinion: China eager to take cooperation with Belarus to next level
"Thanks to personal involvement of China President Xi Jinping and Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko, China-Belarus relations have reached a high level"...

Andreichenko: Belarusian-Egyptian relations will enter new level
There are no thorny issues or closed topics on the bilateral agenda, Vladimir Andreichenko said. That was highlighted during today's talks between Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko...

Lukashenko: Belarus seeks to strengthen relations with Egypt on principles of equality, trust
"Egypt is an important reliable partner for us in Africa and the Middle East. Our country seeks to strengthen relations with the official Cairo based on the principles of equality, mutual respect and trust. We have built our relations without any preconditions"...

Egypt reiterates willingness to bolster ties with Belarus in all areas
"We are willing to implement all projects that we talked about during your visit and during the current visit"...

Call to bolster Belarus-Egypt cooperation
"We used to have about $50 million, now we have more than $100 million. This is a good start, but there is more to come in the future"...

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi: Egypt is determined to expand cooperation with Belarus
The Egyptian leader assured that the agreements reached during the visit of the Belarusian head of state to Egypt in 2017 are being implemented...

Opinion: Protectionism does not allow for equal conditions for companies of Belarus, Russia
“With the policy of national protectionism in place, we cannot effectively move forward creating equal conditions for economic entities, overcoming barriers in mutual trade and pursuing a coordinated policy in manufacturing and agriculture”...

Belarus President Administration to use new forms of communications with public
The administration receives people every quarter. We go to the regions more often in order to see the situation on the ground...

Belarus wants to maintain constructive parliamentary contacts with Sweden
“The head of the Belarusian diplomatic mission expressed hope that the first parliamentary contacts that took place in March this year will pave the way for continuous and constructive cooperation between the Riksdag and the new composition of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus”...

Kazakhstan appreciates Belarus’ role in SCO
The ambassador believes that the SCO would be completely impossible without Belarus and Kazakhstan despite the existence of such major powers as China, Russia, and other ones...

Rybakov: Belarus seeks to build inclusive society
The Belarusian diplomat presented the project “Sport Inclusion” which is implemented jointly by “Children. Autism. Parents” and “Aliaksandra Herasimenia Swimming Club” to provide inclusive swimming courses for children with autism in Belarus...

German ambassador to Belarus: It is important to preserve the common memory of World War Two
He reminded that the German president came to Minsk one year ago upon the invitation of Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko in order to participate in the opening ceremony of a memorial in the Trostenets memorial complex...