Opinions & Interviews

Glen Howard: The West wants Belarus to be a Slavonic Switzerland
"Belarus, the same as Switzerland, has become a neutral platform for negotiations. You also remain a very important economic partner for both Russia and the West. Your strategic role continues gaining significance. The West has awaken and finally noticed that Belarus lies directly on the way from Berlin to Moscow"...

Rapota: A nuclear power plant will make Belarus an energy-independent country
"The project participants have been doing their best to build the plant at a high professional level under the control of international organizations"...

Lukashenko: No decrees are needed to work well
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the session to discuss the social and economic development of Grodno Oblast which was held at the Volkovysk District Executive Committee...

Russia invited to use Belarus as springboard for food export to West
Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Rusy made the statement as he met with Governor of Russia’s Bryansk Oblast Alexander Bogomaz...

Belarus decides to replace reactor pressure vessel
Belarusian Energy Minister Vladimir Potupchik said...

Belarusian Olympians encouraged to show maximum result in Rio
Following five competition days at the Olympic Games, First Vice President of the NOC Maksim Ryzhenkov and Sport and Tourism Minister Alexander Shamko gave critical assessment of the current performance of the Belarusian athletes, pointing out some positive moments...

Belarus’ support for free trade area between India and EEU appreciated
“Belarus is involved in the discussion of this topic, and we very much appreciate the support in this field. We know that the Belarusian side wants the document to be signed as soon as possible,” the Ambassador said.

Lukashenko wants equal conditions in schools for all children
"There are poor, medium-income, and rich people, but children are not to blame. They should be dressed and prepared: all of them should have school bags, plasticine, pencils, clothes, and other things. I said several times where to take money for these things in previous years,” Alexander Lukashenko said...

Speaker: Dialogue between Belarusian Parliament and PACE at a new level
"It necessary to enhance this cooperation. I think that more Belarusian MPs should be involved in PACE’s current projects,” he said...

Belarus to continue WTO accession talks
The negotiations will be aimed at shaping and agreeing balanced and favorable terms of Belarus’ membership in the World Trade Organization...

Joint ventures envisaged as core of Belarusian-Russian cooperation
"We can talk a lot about unity, the desire to be together, but if there is no common cause, no common economic interests, then these principles sound unconvincing and can be subjected to all kinds of reviews and doubts,” Mikhail Myasnikovich said...

Terlecki: Cross-border cooperation is a basis in development of relations between countries
“We should take the next step in the development of relations. They should be founded on strengthening cross-border cooperation. This includes the development of transit routes, reconstruction and construction of new roads, small cross-border traffic,” said Ryszard Terlecki...

Belarus, Lithuania urged to think together how to best use BelNPP produced electricity
Alexander Lukashenko once again drew attention to the fact that Belarus and Lithuania should work to make BelNPP a joint endeavor so that both states could benefit from it...

Hu Zheng: Construction of China-Belarus Great Stone park gains momentum
“We can say that the process of construction is accelerating, and the project is a success in general. In particular, infrastructure objects for the starting zone of the Great Stone park are being built more quickly"...

Prime minister: Branches of Belarusian companies should be able to secure their economic stability
Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov made the statement during a working trip to Brest Oblast...

Quality of Stadler Minsk trains praised
“Belarusian specialists are very competent. These are not just words. A European customer, who was evaluating our work, underlined that the quality of welding and painting was the best he had seen. I believe that in the near future we will start shipping trains of a higher quality than Swiss ones,” Philipp Brunner said...

Belarus interested in more joint projects with Poland
“Since we maintain a rather active stance in the Eurasian Economic Union, I think these projects would be profitable for the Polish private sector. By working with Belarus, you can work with 160 million consumers in the Single Economic Space”...

Andreichenko suggests promoting Belarus-Poland parliamentary cooperation
“Belarus and Poland are neighbors, and we are close not only geographically. Belarusian MPs are ready for dialogue and constructive and mutually beneficial cooperation,” he said at the meeting with Deputy Marshal of the Polish Sejm Ryszard Terlecki...

Call for balanced, capable economy in Belarus
In his words, Belarus’ social and economic development tasks are closely tied to the draft budget and the draft major monetary management guidelines. Balancing the balance of payments and the state budget, reducing inflation are the key priority. All the economic policy instruments should be tuned with this in mind...

Belarus highly prioritizes WMD non-proliferation
"Belarus was the first ex-USSR country to voluntarily get rid of its nuclear weapons and completed the removal of nuclear weapons from the country in 1996", Valentin Rybakov said...