Opinions & Interviews

Belarus PM names top 10 goals for government
This is the development of business environment and comfortable conditions for business, faster growth of the services sector, the IT country and a large-scale digitization of the economy...

Kazakhstan hails Belarus’ role in addressing security issues in Europe
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev praised Belarus’ contribution to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. “As for the current situation, we give credit to Belarus’ big role in addressing European issues,” he said...

Belarus-EU economic cooperation hailed as vibrant
"It is great that your visits to Belarus have become regular. For Belarus, the European Union is one of the key guarantors of stability and sustainable development in Europe. Today our trade and economic cooperation with the EU has been steadily developing"...

Filip: Belarus, Moldova share views on conflict resolution
“Belarus and Moldova want peace; we strongly believe that ongoing conflicts should be tackled solely by peaceful means,” Pavel Filip underlined...

Belarus plans to integrate its environmental monitoring system with European SEIS
“Using the data provided by the National Environmental Monitoring System (NEMS) we can assess the situation in the environment as quite stable"...

Belarusian SDG coordinator draws attention to ecology role in preserving human health
According to Marianna Shchetkina, taking care of human health and living standards is a matter of utmost importance. A special group has been set up as part of the Sustainable Development Council to take care of ecological matters...

Fallico: Belarus has a strategically important role in EAEU
The Eurasian Economic Forum in Verona is one of the most effective platforms in Europe to talk about relations between East and West and to discuss possible steps to build bridges of cooperation and remove artificial barriers for business...

Belarus PM gives orders to step up control over prices
"Inflation is within the targeted range – 3.7% as against December 2017, with the January-September 2018 forecast at 4.3% at most. We saw a spike of 0.8% in September. We have two more months to go till the year ends"...

Belarus speaker on global security architecture: Checks and balances no longer work
“It is obvious that today the global security system is broken; the system of checks and balances does not work. Today, some states can start any military actions without a sanction from the UN Security Council,” Vladimir Andreichenko noted...

Armenia president: Belarus has image of stability, predictability
“Your country is unique today. The image of Belarus today is an image of stability and predictability. These qualities are rare in the new world we are living in. Not only regions but the world in general has become unpredictable, unstable”...

Ambassador: Turkey maintains political dialogue with Belarus
According to the diplomat, the two states cultivate close relations, including at the highest level. Business contacts are an important driving force in promoting bilateral cooperation...

Stronger trust between Belarusian, European parliaments noted
In his words, this year Belarus has taken steps to facilitate visa terms, extending the time foreigners are allowed to stay in the country without visas...

Ambassador: Belarus-Slovakia cooperation on the rise
The ambassador noted that he looks forward to the further development of relations between the two countries. In his opinion, this should be done through the implementation of projects in the priority areas outlined in the roadmap...

Ambitious plans for economic growth in Belarus in 2019-2020
"Although the leading international agencies decreased the world economy growth forecast in the last two months, we don’t change our plans – steady growth of over 4% every year"...

Expanding relations with European Parliament, EU viewed among Belarus’ priorities
“Expanding and deepening relations with the European Parliament and the European Union is our priority. We have many common goals and interests, particularly in strengthening security, promoting economic growth, protection of the rights and interests of our citizens”...

No plans to revise Belarus’ economic growth forecast 2018
As it was reported earlier, Belarus' GDP expanded by 3.7% in January-September 2018 as against the same period a year prior...

CIIE 2018 seen as unique opportunity to expand contacts between Belarus and China
The minister said that China is one of the world’s fastest growing markets, which is open to high-quality foreign products. This is why Minsk is thoroughly preparing for this event...

FM: Belarus interested in closer cooperation with European structures
"Such cooperation should be based on equality, mutual respect and consideration for each other’s interests. It was highlighted that Belarus contributes to addressing common European issues, like illegal migration and other transnational challenges"...

Belarus expects trade with China to reach $3.5bn in 2018
According to the source, China is in Belarus’ top three trade partners after Russia and Ukraine. Belarus-China trade has been close to $3 billion on the average for the last few years...

Belarus president backs non-radical way of development
"We just live and build on what we have, making the world a better place. We don’t throw out all the good things we had in our past. I never say that we are moving away from planned economy to market economy"...