Opinions & Interviews

Belarus calls on United Nations to promote multilingualism as investment in the future
Andrei Dapkiunas urged the General Assembly to consider the importance of the quality and the live nature of translation, as well as the promotion of real multilingualism in the United Nations, not as an unnecessary load, but as an investment in the future of a more united and tolerant world...

Abbas Khame Yar: Belarus’ role in maintaining peace and stability in the region is vitally important
"Today's most urgent issues is the problem of protecting independence and sovereignty as some countries, considering themselves more powerful, try to impose their policies on others. Many countries have to defend their economic, political and cultural independence"...

Belarus applauded for sport development
"Within the forthcoming three days Minsk will play host to a number of special events. We will discuss the important issues of the Olympic movement development. Special attention will be attached to the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus", Secretary General of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) Raffaele Pagnozzi said...

Ambassador: Belarus, Cuba have great prospects for cooperation in different avenues
"The relations between Belarus and Cuba have grown considerably over the past years. The ties between businessmen and government agencies have been intensified. High-level visits have become more frequent,” Gerardo Suarez Alvarez noted...

Ryzhenkov: Belarus will put forward a number of initiatives at 45th EOC GA in Minsk
“Belarus will put forward a number of initiatives at the 45th EOC General Assembly. Doping in sport is a pressing issue today. We believe that the National Olympic Committees should work out a consolidated position on the matter"...

Professionalism of Belarusian army praised
Belarusian Defense Minister Andrei Ravkov made the statement as he delivered his report to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko...

Belarus calls for integrating intellectual capabilities of countries in agriculture
"The role of agricultural science cannot be overestimated. All achievements in the agricultural sector over the last decade have been made thanks to agricultural science or thanks to its contribution,” Vladimir Gusakov noted...

Call for exchange of experience in environmental protection between Belarus, Iran
Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr. Masoumeh Ebtekar noted that the issues of nature conservation and protection are of particular importance since human intervention can sometimes lead to irreversible consequences, and this applies to all countries...

European ecologists invited to monitor Belarusian nuclear power plant
Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian public association Ecological Initiative Yuri Solovyev told...

Senators to work harder to attract investments to Belarus
“Any country needs investments these days. Legislative efforts to raise investments for Belarus represent one of the kinds of work that lawyers do. In my opinion, no investors will come to work in Belarus if they are not sure whether their investments will be legally protected or not”...

Makei satisfied with progress in Belarus-EU relations over past two-three years
"We do want to establish normal trade, economic, political and other types of cooperation with the neighboring countries and centers of power”...

Measures to support motherhood and childhood in Belarus hailed as successful
“The support which is provided today is significant. But there is no limit to perfection. Given a chance, we will look for new options of assistance for families with children,” Belarus’ Vice Premier Natalia Kochanova noted...

Makei: Belarus wants to do as much as possible for peace and stability in the region
“On the whole, the situation in the region encourages us to think not about new dividing lines and confrontation but about how we can return to the positive times"...

Belarus’ food security praised
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) Vladimir Gusakov said...

Prince Michael of Kent ready to promote mutual investment between Belarus, UK
“Now it is the best time to pay a visit to your country. Over a two-day visit I saw that you had made a giant step forward in the economic, trade, cultural relations”..

Belarus expected to worthily preside over CSTO
"Belarus’ presidency promises to be full of content. In this case we are absolutely sure that our Belarusian partners will worthily perform these functions,” said Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of the President of Russia...

Lukashenko: CSTO doesn’t have to wait for NATO’s recognition
The Belarus President said: “All of us have stated that nobody wants to recognize the CSTO, particularly NATO. It seems we are not the right sort. I was listening to this talk, thinking that they will never recognize us if we beg for their recognition. We have to force them to recognize our organization”...

Mukhamadiev: Belarus Red Cross is effective and reliable partner of IFRC
“In today's world the Red Cross movement is facing a lot of challenges and threats. Therefore, the staff and volunteers of Belarus Red Cross actively mobilize all efforts to counter such threats and help the neediest people in this difficult period

IRRS mission hailed as way for countries to engage in open dialogue
"An IRRS mission is a way to engage in a very open dialogue with the outside world and to show what a country is doing within its regulatory framework,” Peter Johnston said...

Belarus has a clear-cut nuclear and radiation safety oversight system
Petteri Tiippana, Director General of the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), the head of the mission of the IAEA Integrated Regulatory Review Service to Belarus said...