Opinions & Interviews

Makei: Belarus President’s visit to Vietnam lays foundation for doubling bilateral trade
"Thanks to cooperation with Vietnam, Belarus will be able to expand its relations with the ASEAN region. Through the establishment of joint ventures and projects with Vietnam Belarus can establish cooperation with third countries in the ASEAN"...

Lukashenko: Belarus is proud of increasingly vibrant relations with Vietnam
The President of Belarus believes that the two countries have huge reserves for the development of relations. First of all, this pertains to the trade and economy...

Groundwork in place to raise Belarus-Vietnam trade turnover to $500-700m per annum
"The contracts and agreements signed during the Belarusian-Vietnamese business forum represent a good foundation for stepping up trade and economic relations"...

NATO keen on dialogue, stronger partnership with Belarus
The statement was made by Ivars Lasis, a representative of the Security Policy Department of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Latvia appreciates Belarus’ role in ensuring regional security
"We also support the need for a permanent dialogue between NATO and Belarus, especially in connection with the increased risks in Europe and the region as a whole"...

No reasons for NATO to stop partnership with Belarus
The statement was made by Tanya Hartman, a representative of the NATO Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, during the international seminar held in Minsk to discuss international security and NATO in the year 2015...

Lukashenko hopes to meet with Pope Francis
“You have always supported us. We have done a lot to establish good ties and I believe in the future we will do our best to organize the top-level meeting with the Pope"...

Catholic Church, Pope respect Belarusian nation
"We feel that we love this nation. Love means that we can talk about anything and heartily understand each other. It is important to do everything while following our hearts"...

Lukashenko: Belarus supports all religions promoting peace and stability
Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti...

Great potential for Belarus-Serbia tourism cooperation
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Serbia to Belarus Veljko Kovacevic said...

Ambassador: Ecuador will promote Belarus as an important partner
“Belarus is a country with a strong human capacity. Many innovations are developed and implemented here. We are interested in your experience, and we are ready to adopt your best practices,” Carlos Humberto Larrea Davila noted...

Makei: Belarus is ready to increase its contribution to security and stability of Europe
"Belarus is ready to share its experience and increase its contribution to the common efforts in the fight against terrorism and illegal migration"...

Shumilin: Information security is prioritized in Belarus’ national security system
“Technological evolution has opened up previously inaccessible opportunities for exerting negative influence over individuals, the society and the state, and has become a source of new threats to the modern world"...

Ugo Boni: Belarus, EU have a good political moment to fulfill cooperation potential
Commercial Counsellor at the Italian Embassy in Belarus Ugo Boni said...

Minsk Initiative expected to help build harmonious world
"Belarus is a country that has managed to demonstrate to the world that one can live without conflicts. Today we can help our neighbors, who need conference venues"...

Shvydkoi: Minsk is the most convenient platform for Russia-Ukraine dialogue
Mikhail Shvydkoi, the Russian President’s special envoy for international cultural cooperation, told during the conference Science and Culture in Modern Discourse...

Ananich: Belarus extends the hand of kindness and peace to all countries
“Belarus seeks good neighborly relations with not only the former USSR member states. We do our best for the future generations to build up a new world without wars and conflicts"...

MOST project to expand interpersonal ties between specialists in Belarus, European Union
“It is very important that the project has not been imported. Instead it has been developed in association with the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The MOST project will allow establishing or expanding the existing interpersonal contacts, thus helping improve mutual understanding between specialists of different countries"...

Belarus’ peace initiatives on Ukraine have been recognized worldwide
"Regular meetings to resolve the crisis in Ukraine continue to this day. Thus, the capital of Belarus has become a platform of peace”...

Lukashenko: Belarus interested in IMF loan, taking into account national interests
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the session to discuss the progress in the negotiations on an extended arrangement with the IMF...