Opinions & Interviews

Belarus ready to offer favorable conditions to Turkish companies in FEZ, Great Stone park
"Of great importance is mutual economic penetration. We are ready to discuss allocating good sites in the free economic zones and the industrial park Great Stone to Turkish producers of auto parts. We are in negotiations on setting up plants to assemble Belarusian machinery in Turkey", Belarus Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Savinykh said...

Makei: Belarus and Turkey are entering a new level of partnership
“Since we take similar positions in the international arena and the positions of the two countries on the domestic policy are much alike, the bilateral cooperation between Belarus and Turkey have been steadily developing"...

Considerable potential for greater tourism contribution to Belarus’, Russia’s GDPs
The statement was made by Margarita Levchenko, Head of the Social Policy and Information Support Department of the Permanent Committee of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, during a seminar in Brest...

Aseradens: Great Stone park is of great interest to Latvia
“For Latvia, the Great Stone project is of great interest. It has a great potential for bolstering ties in logistics and for industrial development,” Latvian Economy Minister Arvils Aseradens said...

Belarus, Ukraine agree to remove trade barriers
The information was released by Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vladimir Semashko after the session of the Belarusian-Ukrainian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation...

Mark Formelle Director: Turkish companies do their best to meet expectations of Belarus' partners
Andrei Serikov believes that the experience of Turkish companies is worth emulating in every possible way. They have shown tremendous growth over the last 20 years...

Lukashenko congratulates Trump, expresses hope for normalization of relations with USA
“Your victory shows that the American people are in favor of a policy based on honesty, responsibility, search for changes. Your active, sincere, and courageous position during the election campaign inspired the American society, returned it to true democracy”...

Exchange of exhibitions viewed as important platform for Belarus-China cooperation
The representative of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Xue Jihai emphasized that Belarus and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region established a permanent exchange of exhibitions that present the economic potential and opportunities in culture and education of the two regions...

Rapid development of Belarus’ cooperation with China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region noted
"Belarus and China have maintained friendly ties since the moment they established diplomatic relations. The visit of the Belarusian head of state to China in late September 2016 bolstered cooperation between our countries, expanded interaction in social and humanitarian affairs"...

Belarus-China economic cooperation grows larger
Counsellor of the Embassy of China in Belarus Luo Zhanhui stressed that China and Belarus are good friends and partners. Belarus was one of the countries that had backed China’s One Belt One Road before anyone else. Belarus is also one of the key partners in this initiative...

Ambassador: Belarus is to become an important part of the Silk Road Economic Belt
“Belarus has an important strategic geographical position, connecting the biggest markets of the Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union, providing access to the Baltic and Black Seas,” said Belarus’ Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Korol in an interview with the Lithuanian business magazine Jura More Sea...

Ananich names major events of Belarusian Language Day in 2017
The 500th anniversary of book printing in Belarus and the 1155th anniversary of Polotsk will be the major events of Belarusian Language Day in 2017. The year 2017 will mark the 135th anniversary of the birth of such giants of the Belarusian literature as Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas...

Belarusian Language Day in Polotsk to highlight 500th anniversary of book printing in Belarus
"The 2017 Belarusian Language Day will be a special event because next year Belarus will mark the 500th anniversary of book printing in Belarus and the 1155th anniversary of Polotsk. These two events should be highlighted in the Belarusian Language Day concept”...

U.S. diplomat says how U.S. president election may affect relations with Belarus
The Charge d’affaires Robert Riley stressed that he could not predict the outcome of the election, adding that all want to see improvement in the mutual relations of the two countries...

Koltovich: Belarusian food products are popular in the CIS
“Foreign partners like Belarusian products. Russians, Ukrainians and Kazakhs know that the Belarusian quality is high, and our products are welcome on all the CIS markets," Vladimir Koltovich said after the official opening ceremony of the international wholesale food industry exhibition Prodexpo 2016...

IOM welcomes Belarus’ effort to accommodate Ukrainians fleeing conflict
IOM Director General William Lacy Swing said during a meeting with Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva Yuri Ambrazevich...

Lukashenko congratulates Ortega on reelection as Nicaragua President
“The Republic of Belarus is interested in the development of all-round ties with the Republic of Nicaragua, the search for new forms of cooperation in the economy, trade, and other sectors,” the message of greetings reads...

Belarus’ transit and investment potential presented at 16+1 summit
Belarus can be viewed as an intergrading element in the trade between the states of the European and Eurasian Unions, the countries of the Asia-Pacific Region, Scandinavia and the Balkans, Belarus’ Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said...

Kobyakov: Belarus would like to participate in 16+1 initiative as an observer
“We are ready for further active participation in similar and other events of the 16+1 format as an observer. We are confident that everyone will win from building common economic corridors in close association with the seaport infrastructure of the Baltic states,” Andrei Kobyakov noted...

Samarasinha: Belarus has good foundation for sustainable economic growth
"The country has fulfilled all the Millennium Development Goals. Belarus is ranked 50th in the Human Development Index, surpassing Russia, Kazakhstan and many other countries. Over the last five years the poverty level in Belarus reduced to 5%”...