Opinions & Interviews

Lukashenko warns against covering up problems in education
Following Education Minister Andrei Ivanets’ report at the Nationwide Conference on Teaching on 27 August, Belarusians President Aleksandr Lukashenko asked what problems remained in the education sector and whether the school had become a true temple for students...

Lukashenko to teachers: We are masters of our own country and should be afraid of no one
The president pointed out to an existing correlation between children’s upbringing in schools, their education, and their consequent fate and the role in the life of the native country...

Minister: Belarus’ education model meets future needs of society, state
"Aleksandr Grigoryevich, at the Nationwide Conference on Teaching in August 2021 you said that the reset of the education system was a matter of national importance. This became the basis for further improvement of the national model of education", Andrei Ivanets said...

Lukashenko: Belarus is going through a very hard period
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement during the Nationwide Conference on Teaching on 27 August...

Kochanova: Education is at the heart of Belarus' social welfare policy
Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly, the president's authorized representative in Minsk, Natalya Kochanova said during the Minsk city educational forum for teaching staff...

Apostolic Nuncio Josic: Belarus is an example to others in terms of upholding family values
The representative of the Vatican said that he is taking a lot of positive impressions with him from Belarus. "Positive things always set an example to others, and they are of great help for everyone else. There are many good things in your country," Apostolic Nuncio Ante Josic said...

Apostolic Nuncio Josic: I am grateful for opportunity to work in Belarus
The Apostolic Nuncio also noted: "I am grateful to the state that I was given the opportunity to work in this country. I have been here for almost four years working not only for our Catholic Church but also for the benefit of society, your people. I am glad that I had this opportunity to work, to learn more about your people, language, culture and together with the state to solve various specific issues - the problems of the Church, clergy, believers and other issues that we managed to solve"...

Li Qiang: China is ready to always be true friend and reliable partner for Belarus
Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Li Qiang said during official negotiations with Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko in Minsk...

Lukashenko names key task in cooperation with China
In his words, despite the great geographical distance, the two countries are united not only in the assessment of the past, but also in their views on the current political situation, as well as on the future world order...

Sardar Ayaz Sadiq: Pakistan intends to deepen ties with Belarus
Speaker of the National Assembly of the Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said during a meeting with Speaker of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Igor Sergeyenko...

Sergeyenko: Belarus views Pakistan as important partner
“Today we have a great opportunity to discuss the prospects for the development of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, strengthening of humanitarian ties and interregional cooperation. We are ready for an open, trusting conversation”...

Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly wants to come to Belarus as tourist
“Belarus is a wonderful country. People here are very polite and hospitable,” Sardar Ayaz Sadiq noted...

Pakistani speaker of parliament shares details of talks with Lukashenko
"We discussed a wide range of issues, including problematic ones, the solution to which was found immediately during the meeting with the president, including visa issues for students and businessmen of Pakistan"...

Lukashenko: Ukrainians will be our people all the same
"Belarusians have always been reliable people. Even when it was difficult for us to talk to Russia. We have always stood our ground like the Brest Fortress. We knew that time will come when everything changes”...

Lukashenko urges partners in post-Soviet space to stick together
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement in an extended version of the recent interview with the TV channel Rossiya. The extended version was aired by the TV channel Belarus One in the evening...

Lukashenko: Belarus handles the social burdens and keeps supporting people
Belarus President made the statement in an extended version of the recent interview with the TV channel Rossiya. The extended version was aired by the TV channel Belarus One in the evening...

Lukashenko: ‘I am not ashamed of my past’
In an interview with the Rossiya TV channel Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said that he has never changed his mind on important issues and historical processes and always kept his word...

Lukashenko dismisses reproaches of helping Russia
"Why shouldn't we help them? Therefore, I am not hiding it. What should I hide? Yes, much of our cooperation is not made public. The war is going on, so we are not disclosing some things," the president explained...

Lukashenko reveals his conversation with Putin about large prisoner swap with West
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that any person is influenced by his past, by his professional work. In this regard, Vladimir Putin is no exception...

Lukashenko speaks on his presidency plans
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that what he said should be considered not in the context of generalities about human life, but from the point of view of a particular person's work in the presidential post...