Opinions & Interviews

Diplomat: Closer integration with Belarus is Russia’s priority
"The Russian president set a task not only to keep the integration going, but also to use it to promote high-tech economic sectors and industrial enterprises that make goods with a high added value and have an innovative potential"...

Belarus interested in cooperation with World Economic Forum
Marianna Shchetkina attended the summit’s session on developing sustainable markets and the discussion on gender parity. During the roundtable the vice speaker spoke about Belarus' efforts on achieving SDGs, including gender equality issues...

Babich: No pending issues after Belarus-Russia talks in Sochi
“There have been and will be no unsettled issues. All of them have their solution and it is very constructive and positive. Russians and their Belarusian counterparts will do their best to implement these arrangements”...

Russian ambassador pledges support for Belarus-Russia cooperation
He stressed that the cooperation in the Belarus-Russia Union State should be filled with real content to ensure that the union is not some virtual project but beneficial to the citizens of the two countries...

Lukashenko: Belarus aims for dialogue with all partners without pressure, double standards
“Belarus is a European state that values its sovereignty and that has been consistently implementing a peaceful multifaceted foreign policy. Our approaches are well known. Belarusians are committed to freedom and independence, unity and harmony, creativity and progress”...

Number of tourists coming from China to Belarus expected to grow steadily
According to the Sports and Tourism Ministry, China is a very promising target market for Belarus. Mikhail Portnoi reminded that the number of tourists from China coming as organized groups increased by 110% in 2017...

Belarus interested in new joint projects with India
The speaker said that among priority areas for cooperation are pharmaceutics, IT, and investment. For example, Belarus is building three pharmaceutical plants in cooperation with its Indian partners...

Wakeup call for Belarusian state-run food retailer Belkoopsoyuz
Alexander Lukashenko noted that Belkoopsoyuz should pay more attention to work with the population...

Belarus, India to sign agreement on investment
"Belarus and India should go further in developing a favorable business environment for our companies. We are offering Indian partners a project of an Belarusian-Indian investment cluster in the special economic zone Bremino-Orsha"...

Belarus, Russia reach understanding over issue of border crossing by foreigners
He noted that the two countries have virtually no border; however, additional difficulties arise for citizens of third countries...

Russia receptive to Belarus’ request to refinance $1bn loan
As BelTA reported earlier, Alexander Lukashenko announced that Belarus will receive the sixth tranche of the $200m loan from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development in the nearest future...

Tsereteli: OSCE PA appreciates constructive position of Belarus
“During the conversation with OSCE PA President George Tsereteli acknowledged the constructive position of Belarus on current issues on the agenda, and expressed willingness to continue productive cooperation”...

Belarusian parliament interested in versatile contacts with Parlatino
“We are genuinely interested in it because work as part of Parlatino contributes a lot to the advancement of cooperation with Latin American countries as a whole,” noted Mikhail Myasnikovich...

Belarus-Russia Union State PA seeks observer status in Parlatino
“I think this will be a good, serious step to strengthen our positions. We should implement it this year," he said. Belarus and Russia seek to attract Latin American partners to the Eurasian Economic Union market...

Belarus hopes for more active cooperation with Parlatino
Latin America is a dynamically developing area, one of the growth poles of the world economy. This explains Belarus’ high interest in the region...

Belarus confident in long-term, efficient cooperation with China
“We are confident that the highest level of trust and cooperation that President Xi Jinping and President Alexander Lukashenko have developed between our countries will be long-term and efficient, and will expand with new mutually beneficial projects in the interests of the two countries”...

Opinion: TEART introduces Belarusian audience to new productions, names, theater experiments
"TEART consists of two parts: the Belarusian program with its interesting experimental productions that will not leave anyone indifferent, and the international program featuring the best artworks from different countries"...

UN hails Belarus' progress on SDGs
The UN under-secretary-general praised Belarus’ SDGs efforts and noted that this is a good example for other countries. She also expressed gratitude for the support of the UN-Women organization...

Belarus ready to become regional center for promoting China’s initiatives
“Belarus should become a center for promoting all the initiatives of China. In essence Belarus should become a regional representative office of Beijing in Western Eurasia so that China could promote its interests in neighboring countries from Belarus”...

Dapkiunas: Belarusians living abroad influence country’s image
He noted that Belarus understands that the image of the country, its authority is formed both by the efforts of government institutions and through actions of ordinary people, Belarusian citizens and those who live abroad...