Opinions & Interviews

MFA: Belarus intends to actively cooperate with ICRC, to contribute to peace
"Belarus cherishes peace and human life. Having maintained peace and stability on its territory, Belarus intends to actively cooperate with the International Committee of the Red Cross and contribute to peace"...

Belarus’ humanitarian efforts in other countries praised by ICRC
“Today the activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross hugely depend on the support of such countries as Belarus which are committed to the regulation of conflicts in the world, are doing their best for the rapprochement of conflicting parties and for encouraging them to sit at the negotiating table"...

Belarus ready to share experience in promoting international humanitarian law
"We regard this as the appreciation on the part of the International Committee of the Red Cross, its regional delegations. Belarus is always ready to host such events and share positive experience in the implementation of international humanitarian law"...

Opinion: Listapadzik helps bring up true film lovers
The Listapadzik children and youth film competition will be running till 7 November. The program includes 10 pictures from Iran, France, Germany, Colombia, and other countries. The jury is chaired by Kai S. Pieck (Germany)...

Belarus viewed as important partner in China’s Belt and Road project
"I am ready to join you in the efforts for comprehensive development of our bilateral relations"...

Opinion: Listapad is a festival for cinema fans
The culture minister plans to attend many film screenings of the festival. Among them is Arrhythmia, the favorite at the Listapad 2017, and also the film almanac titled We, which includes debut works of the Belarusian filmmakers...

Belarus’ legal research center praised for contribution to legislation development
"The center has made a big contribution to the formation and development of the national legal system, improvement of legislation in all walks of life, formation of high legal culture in the society, protecting the rights and legal interests of people and organizations"...

Belarus expects forthcoming IAEA missions to produce positive results
Mikhail Mikhadyuk said that IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano spoke in glowing terms about the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Belarus, including the establishment of the relevant infrastructure...

UNICEF: Government education spending at acceptable level in Belarus
"Belarus has some advantages in education. The country invests around 5% of GDP in this field. This number has been at the same level for quite a few years"...

Human Rights Council criticized over politicized approaches to human rights
The Belarusian diplomat called the Universal Period Review as an undisputed achievement of the Human Rights Council. It allows impartially assessing the human rights situation in all countries, without exception...

British companies become increasingly interested in Belarus
"The British government will continue increasing the volume of support for Belarus in order to dismantle barriers in mutual trade and enable conditions conducive to a stronger competitive ability of the Belarusian economy on global markets"...

Medvedev: Trade in CIS up 25%
"This year positive momentum in mutual trade has been noted by everybody. We saw a growth. In H1 2017 the trade in the CIS went up by 25%, with trade with third countries soaring by 27%"...

Lukashenko: Yakub Kolas was a symbol of the cultural wealth of the Belarusian nation
"One of the founders of modern fiction and the author of famous poems, he became a true people’s writer and poet, a symbol of grandeur and cultural wealth of the nation"...

Finance low on agenda of Belarus-IMF cooperation
Pavel Kallaur remarked that Belarus does not raise the matter of emergency loans these days. "We don’t need them at present"...

PM: Belarus seeks to promote trade with Kyrgyzstan
"Our task is to move forward and never stop at what we have achieved. The potential of our bilateral cooperation is great. For the time being we are just approaching the level of trade we once had"...

Call for efforts to perpetuate Belarusian economy growth trend
"This year the IMF and the World Bank have twice revised the world GDP growth rate upwards for the first time in many years. Not by much but upwards. In other words, we see certain optimism with regard to global growth"...

Information protection policy in Belarus hailed as effective
“Innovative goods worth $150,000 were produced in 2016,” Alexander Shumilin remarked. He specified that this refers to structures, protection systems, and software and predicted that the demand for such products on the market will keep growing...

Private sector’s opinion important in negotiations on Belarus’ accession to WTO
"Belarus’ accession to the WTO is an important event for all the economic players. It will give us access to new markets and will increase trade figures"...

Private sector mentioned as possible driver of economic growth in Belarus
Satu Kahkonen mentioned that Belarus has a huge potential. "Belarus is home to very educated people. Infrastructure and engineering capabilities are well-developed. The geographical location is marvelous"...

Belarus interested in further interaction with Council of Europe
"Our country is a party to 14 conventions and agreements of the Council of Europe in culture, education, law, fight against human trafficking, sport. But we have not stopped at that"...