Opinions & Interviews

WB expert: Belarus is becoming more attractive for Chinese investors
Belarus and other Eastern European countries are becoming increasingly attractive for Chinese investors, Hans Timmer, World Bank Chief Economist for Europe and Central Asia, told journalists during the presentation of a WB economic update on the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region...

Lilia Ananich: Belarusians have always decided their own destiny
"Belarus has always pursued a multiple-vector foreign policy. The Belarus president has always sincerely and openly spoken about all the events and processes that happen in the world," Belarusian Information Minister Lilia Ananich said during the Minsk-Moscow video conference ...

Belarus maintains diplomatic presence in Israel on reciprocal basis
“We believe that maintaining the relations between Belarus and Israel at the level of embassies is an objective need stemming from the close links between dozens of thousands of people for whom Israel and Belarus are dear and native countries"...

Opinion: Belarus’ friendship society helps build a solid basis for a peaceful future
The organization, which celebrates its 90th anniversary on 7 April, implements programs with the help of 40 societies for friendship with different countries. The strengthening of friendship ties between people living in different cultural, social and political environments helps build a solid basis for a peaceful future...

Rostourism head: Numbers of Russian tourists to Belarus should increase manifold
“We are interested in the services of the Belarusian resorts. Belarusian resorts provide high-quality services and Russian citizens should make the maximum use of them"...

Kobyakov: All-Belarusian People’s Congress marks a new stage in the society’s life
“The All-Belarusian People’s Congress is a significant political event. It marks the end of the five-year period in the country’s development and also the start of a new stage in the life of our society and the state in general, taking into account the present geopolitical and economic realities”...

Tony van der Togt: Europe admits the need to open a new page in the relations with Belarus
“Europe has finally developed an understanding that it is necessary to open a new page in the relations with Belarus, conduct a more engaged dialogue and cooperate more actively in the areas of mutual interest,” the politologist stressed...

Belarus ready to assist in peaceful settlement of Nagorny Karabakh conflict
“We supported the calls from the OSCE current chairmanship and the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group on Nagorny Karabakh to immediate cessation of hostilities and respect of the ceasefire,” the spokesman for the ministry added...

Targeted support named basis of Belarus’ social policy in 2016-2020
According to Andrei Kobyakov, abandonment of overall subsidizing and a shift to the support of targeted groups will provide an opportunity to strengthen the support of those who need it and relocate the freed resources to necessary social projects...

Share of Belarus’ merchandise exports to new promising markets to double by 2020
Belarus’ Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said as he presented the government action plan for 2016-2020 in the Oval Hall...

Makei calls for resolving Nagorny Karabakh conflict at negotiating table
“Our attitude to the events that are taking place in Nagorny Karabakh is univocal. We are totally against the use of military power," Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei told media...

Belarus to use window of opportunity to advance dialogue with EU
The statement was made by Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei after the government conference held by the Belarus president to discuss Belarusian-European relations...

Russia invites Belarus to cooperate in military, patriotic tourism
"We actively promote the idea of combining the Russian and Belarusian routes. We believe that such routes that will connect our countries are likely to be very popular with foreign tourists, especially with Chinese people who show a particular interest in this tourism sector”...

Caspar Peek: Violence against women should be ended together
UNFPA Country Director for Belarus and UNFPA Representative in Ukraine Caspar Peek said at the public demonstration of the play Seven at the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theater in Minsk...

Belarus’ MFA: Nagorny Karabakh conflict can be settled through peaceful means only
Belarus calls on the parties to the conflict to refrain from the threat or use of force in international relations as stipulated in the UN Charter and other international legal instruments...

Belarusians told to stay away from foreign military conflicts
The KGB head pointed out that in accordance with the 1907 Hague Convention a state cannot be considered neutral if its citizens voluntarily join the army of a warring side...

More domestic, foreign threats in Belarus’ new military doctrine
Presenting the document in the lower chamber of the Belarus parliament on 4 April, the Belarusian Defense Minister said that the strategic document relies on conclusions from a systemic analysis of the military and political situation evolving around Belarus and in the world...

Andreichenko: Belarus’ new military doctrine has answers to any present-day challenges
In his words, the use of the potential of the military industrial complex and the development of high technologies will promote the efficiency and competitive ability of the national economy...

Lukashenko calls for dialogue between Nagorny Karabakh conflict parties
The issue was discussed during the telephone talks of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia President Serzh Sargsyan...

Belarus advocates for peaceful settlement of Nagorny Karabakh conflict
“The Republic of Belarus is deeply concerned with the renewal of active military operation with the use of heavy armament in the region of Nagorny Karabakh,” the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said...