Opinions & Interviews

Gagiyev: Every third Belarusian placed in top eight in Rio
"I would like to note that 25 Belarusian athletes ranked 4th-8th in Rio. This is a good result. Almost every third athlete from Belarus placed in the top eight at the 2016 Games,” noted Alexander Gagiyev...

Kent Harstedt: Election process in Belarus becomes more open
The special coordinator highlighted the high level of cooperation between the CEC and the OSCE mission, drawing attention to the fact that inviting international observers to monitor elections is important...

Margvelashvili: Georgia remains committed to cooperation with Belarus
The Georgian President noted that the two countries enjoy friendly relations which were given a significant boost following the visit of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to Georgia in 2015...

Ambassador: Kazakhstan will support all Belarus' initiatives in UNSC
"Positions of Belarus and Kazakhstan are similar on many security issues. I talked about this with the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. Kazakhstan will support all the initiatives of Belarus relating to the Security Council agenda,” said Yergali Bulegenov...

Belarus guarantees most favorable conditions for Chinese companies
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with the delegation of the People’s Government of Hunan Province (China) led by Changsha Mayor Hu Henghua and Zoomlion President Zhan Chunxin...

Poroshenko: Minsk Agreement is the only way for peaceful settlement of Ukraine’s conflict
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said during his meeting with Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei in Kiev...

Buzovsky: The government hopes for more initiatives from the youth
“The focus on young people in Belarus justifies itself. It shows that there are concrete results in the youth and social policy, sport and the education system,” said Igor Buzovsky...

Makei: No unresolved issues between Belarus and Ukraine
“We are bound by economic interests. I should say that there are no unresolved issues between our countries. We have always been able to find mutually acceptable solutions to the difficult issues that sometimes arise. This is why today we can speak with confidence about a mature partnership between our nations"...

Belarus seen as good neighbor of Ukraine
“We want to sincerely thank the Republic of Belarus, who is our good neighbor and who supports the territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine, for providing a neutral platform to discuss the important issues of the peaceful settlement of the situation in Donbass,” Irina Gerashchenko said...

Poland suggests visa-free regime for Belarusian Brest, Grodno
Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, President of the Supreme Audit Office of Poland, told reporters...

Svetlov: Every piece of information on whereabouts of St. Euphrosyne Cross thoroughly checked
“Once there is new information about where the Cross can be, we immediately check and verify it. But so far none of the versions has been confirmed,” he said. According to the minister, the latest version, which came up about six months ago, involved the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergious where the cross was allegedly seen"...

Unified law on investment operations to improve investment climate in Belarus
Mikhail Myasnikovich stressed that investments represent a high priority for Belarus’ development and are viewed as one of the sources for raising the GDP. The Council of the Republic of the National Assembly has already done some work to analyze the relevant legislation...

Increase in the number of tourists to the Augustow Canal will promote services sector
“The so-called visa-free zone includes not only the Augustow Canal itself, but also the entire Grodno District and, of course, the old city of Grodno. It places special responsibility on us"...

NBRB: Confidence in Belarusian banks inside the country and outside
"Banks do not reduce the resource base. They have been increasing it using the funds of non-residents. People in Belarus also have confidence in the banking system. This can be illustrated by the certain dynamics in the volume of people’s deposits,” Pavel Kallaur said

Cui Qiming: Belarus, China committed to strengthening comprehensive strategic partnership
"The peoples of China and Belarus are bound by sincere friendship. During the 24 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, our cooperation has been developing dynamically and steadily. Now we are firmly following the course defined by our national leaders"...

Belarus, Georgia working on reaching $200m in mutual trade
“Active steps have been taken to achieve the goal. In 2016 there is confidence that these figures are attainable. Concrete results have already been produced,” David Kotaria said...

Participants of European Rabbis Conference hail interfaith accord in Belarus
Belarus’ Commissioner for Religious and Ethnic Affairs Leonid Gulyako told after his meeting with Jewish religious figures in Liozno...

Advancement of Belarusian-Chinese relations praised
“We believe that interaction between the Belarusian and Chinese nations have very broad prospects. We are confident in even brighter future of our cooperation,” said Meng Jianzhu...

Similar domestic, foreign policy principles viewed as cornerstone of Belarus-China friendship
Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Nikolai Snopkov said at a meeting of the Belarusian-Chinese intergovernmental committee for cooperation...

China views Belarus President’s visit as landmark event
Meng Jianzhu stressed that one of the reasons for his arrival to Belarus with a big Chinese delegation was to prepare for the visit of the Belarusian leader to China. “We hope that we will work productively in Belarus and will make our contribution to the development of traditionally friendly bilateral relations,” he said...