“The SCO can play a more active role in setting regional conflicts,” the head of state stressed.

The Kazakhstan president is convinced that the SCO can and must play an active role in settling the situation in Afghanistan.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will soon be put to a historical stress test, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he took part in the SCO Heads of State Council on 17 September. The president noted that the SCO has enough co...

“Over nearly half a century of civil war, Afghanistan turned into an arena of geopolitical games, which ended up with the events of 2001, and similar events may happen again. Therefore the world should not turn the blind eye to the fate of the Afgh...

The main problems in the region of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are related to peace, security and lack of trust, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the SCO summit in Dushanbe on 17 September.

Belarusian MPs as members of the delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, which is a part of the CIS observation mission, have started monitoring the elections to the Russian State Duma on 17 September.

The SCO has established itself as an effective mechanism of multilateral partnership, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon said as he opened the anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on 17 September.

The parties discussed a wide range of issues related to further development of the Belarusian-Chinese relations, including organization of contacts at the supreme and high levels.

The SCO summit will take stock of the progress made by the organization over the past 20 years and highlight the state and prospects of multilateral cooperation. More than 40 documents have been prepared for consideration at the summit.

“Today is a special day - we are celebrating a new national holiday for the first time. It draws us back to the momentous events in the history of our native land. 17 September 1939 marked the beginning of the reunification of Eastern and Western B...

Wholesale trade amounted to Br83.4 billion, or 7% as against January-August 2020. Over this period, one-day per capita retail sales were estimated at Br16.9, vs. Br15.1 in January-August 2020.

Output rose by 11.3% in the industries producing electricity, gas, steam, hot water, and conditioned air. The output of the industries providing water supply, waste collection, waste processing, waste disposal, pollution cleanup increased by 2.7%.

According to Roman Golovchenko, it is difficult to overestimate the role of the State Customs Committee in enhancing Belarus' economic security and the political one. Amid growing pressure, the introduction of all kinds of international restrictions ...

The Belarusian state food industry concern Belgospishcheprom has showcased the biggest Made in Belarus exposition at the 20th regional universaltrade-industrial expo-forum Armenia Expo which is underway in Yerevan on 16-18 September.

According to initial estimates, the GDP amounted to Br110.9 billion in current prices, up 3% in comparable prices year-on-year.

Aleksandr Lukashenko congratulated Ebrahim Raisi on a recent victory in the presidential election first. Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Regardless of the development of the circumstances in the world Iran and Belarus have always found the ways that le...

Belarus edged ZZ Leiden of the Netherlands 69-67 in Treviso, Italy on 15 September.

The forum gathered about 200 participants, including heads of government bodies and organizations, regional and district executive committees, representatives of IT companies, banks, businesses, and educational institutions.

In particular, decree No.8 allowed foreign citizens to stay in Belarus for up to 30 days without visas, provided they cross the border at the Minsk National Airport. The provision has been extended onto airports located in Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grod...

Belarus spends enormous resources on cardiology service, Belarus' Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told reporters at the second congress of the Eurasian Arrhythmology Association and the 8th Congress of Cardiologists, Cardiac Surgeons and X-ray En...

Belarus confirmed 1,967 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours; another 1,589 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

“We are very interested in cooperation with a huge country such as Pakistan. I am sure that your specialists and members of the government will find a lot of interesting in Belarus for Pakistan,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.

According to the State Border Committee of Belarus, 390 semi-trailer trucks are waiting to leave Belarus right now. Bilateral agreements specify how many trucks a border checkpoint is supposed to let through over a certain period of time.

Despite difficult conditions amid the pandemic, Belarusian Railways has been carrying out its international freight services smooth and uninterrupted, head of Belarusian Railways Vladimir Morozov said at the 30th plenary meeting of the International ...

The parties discussed a wide range of issues of Belarus-Vietnam relations, including interaction in international organizations. The interlocutors reaffirmed the two countries' commitment to intensify contacts between the foreign ministries.

According to the source, MTZ's partner – Aftrade DMCC Company – has confirmed it intends to buy 250 tractors per month with payment in advance. The contract provides for selling a total of 1,337 tractors.

The CSTO leaders also reviewed a number of documents concerning the organization's human resources, military cooperation and military technology cooperation, legal, financial, and economic activities.

Natalya Kochanova also read out the address of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to the delegates of the second congress of the Eurasian Arrhythmology Association and the 8th Congress of Cardiologists, Cardiac Surgeons and X-ray Endovascular ...

The customs services of Belarus and Russia are preparing a package of documents on integration, Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia Vladimir Ivin told the media on 16 September.

The declaration underlines the organization's resolve to put persistent efforts into reinforcing international and regional security, fair resolution of international problems on the basis of universally recognized norms and principles of internation...

During the summit the CSTO heads of state approved a package of documents on advancing interaction in the military sphere. The documents improve the procedures designed to maintain the combat ability of the CSTO collective forces.

According to the press release, the park administration and the ambassador discussed various interaction options. They include cooperation with one of Kyrgyzstan's largest free economic zones – Naryn FEZ, the participation of the Great Stone repres...

According to the source, the Russian troops are now moving to railway stations and airfields where they board and load hardware onto railway platforms and military transport aircraft. Army engineers have started preparing aircraft for flying to home ...

A package of documents to step up cooperation in the military sector has been submitted for approval by the heads of state. The documents improve the mechanisms for maintaining combat effectiveness of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO...

The head of state pointed to the escalation of tension around Afghanistan. He drew attention to the unstable political situation in the country. “Afghanistan is obviously experiencing a humanitarian crisis that will lead to all kinds of negative co...

According to the president, the double standards used by the West are also evident in their active attempts to shut off from the migration problem with a fence on the western border of the CSTO.

A grouping of troops with over 10,000 personnel and more than 500 pieces of heavy military equipment has been permanently deployed near the Belarusian borders.

“We need, at least, to take stock of what has been done and what needs to be done. Perhaps, we will need to outline new long-term development tasks for the CSTO that acts as a guarantor and donor of security in Eurasia,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said...

“The collective West is putting pressure on sovereign states by means of restrictions, asymmetrical actions and hybrid influence. All this is happening under the banner of fighting for someone's rights. But we are fully aware that their true motive...

“The toughening competition between the West and China is contributing to the demolition of the system of international relations. To increase its influence in Asia, the European Union has put forward the initiative “A Globally Connected Europe�...

This year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization conducted a series of drills in the Baltics and Ukraine. Over the last five years alone, their number more than doubled to reach 90 large-scale exercises a year, while the number of troops involved ro...

“Unfortunately, we have to admit that this year the situation around the world has not got better. As before, the principles and norms of international law are grossly disregarded. The boundaries of regional instability are expanding. Global tensio...

The heads of state discussed in detail the bilateral agenda and welcomed positive trends in bilateral cooperation. According to them, it is necessary to maintain momentum and move on in the spirit of the strategic partnership agreement signed earlier...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is taking part in the session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. The agenda of the talks features only one topic, but the heads of state need to discuss a wide ...

The program was worked out taking into account the experience of realization of a similar program in 2016-2020. That program resulted in the commissioning of 74 new manufacturing enterprises, with the output of innovative products close to Br6 billio...

The official said: “Our enterprises do not make only sawn timber. We've been recently exploring such business avenues as the drying of sawn timber and wood pellet production. Seven wood pellet plants were commissioned last year."

Roman Golovchenko said: “No doubt the state will continue providing all-round support to the development of library business, will facilitate the growth of library collections, including by buying unique books of great historical and cultural value...

The military observers will be informed about the concept of the exercise, tasks and stages of the exercise and will have an opportunity to go to the military training area Obuz-Lesnovsky and watch practical actions of the troops.

In the run-up to its 55th anniversary, Mogilevliftmash elevator producer has rolled out its 375,000th elevator that will be mounted in Russia's Perm in October this year, Anton Belsky, Deputy Director General for Commercial Affairs of the company.

The halls of the palace boast beautiful hand carved wooden decor in the national theme. The decorations used such types of wood as pine, oak, beech. The decoration project took less than a year to implement. Aleksandr Lukashenko spoke highly of the s...

The meeting of the two heads of state took place shortly after Aleksandr Lukashenko's arrival in Dushanbe. The two leaders discussed bilateral cooperation, the military and political situation in the region and the forthcoming summits of the CSTO and...

The diplomat noted that Belarus-Tajikistan cooperation is developing irrespective of the political situation and is mutually beneficial. “We have no political projects here. Everything we do here is not just justified, but produces results,” Oleg...

Natalya Kochanova said: "Events of 2020 once again demonstrated how fragile peace and order are. But by uniting around our leader, the president, we've managed to overcome threats of the color revolution. We've prevented a destabilization of state in...

According to the diplomat, last year Belarus' trade with Afghanistan was considerably bigger than, for instance, with Pakistan. This year the volume of trade should reach $220 million. “Despite the internal political upheavals and civil war, the co...

“Our proposals are on the table at the NATO Secretariat. It is clear that such a big organization that seeks to play a leading role in defense matters in the whole world (not only in Europe) does not want to recognize such a ‘small organization' ...

“If we talk about export in general, the potential has remained almost the same, but now we are moving towards the expansion of the number of countries where we export our products. We mainly export lumber products, pellets, and also debarked wood ...

The Collective Security Treaty Organization member states agreed to work out a common stance on the situation in Afghanistan ahead of the CSTO summit going on in Dushanbe, Tajikistan these days.

"International law that was supposed to help maintain peace and stability on the planet is substituted by some ‘rules' that are being invented on the initiative of some of our Western partners. We strongly reject it,” Vladimir Makei said.

Ahead of the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan played host to a joint session of the Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council and the Committee of the Security Council Secretaries of th...

The incident took place on 11 September. A border patrol of the border guard station Svaryn examined a border sign and detected damage to the border pole and the state emblem in the form of holes caused by possibly shooting buckshot from a hunting ri...

A moose became another victim of the concertina wire within the Dotyshki outpost of the Lida border guard unit.

The capital of Tajikistan is set to host a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and a meeting of the Heads of State Council of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO...

Over the past five years the forest reserves in Belarus increased by 95,000 hectares, First Deputy Forestry Minister Valentin Shatravko told reporters at a press conference on 15 September.

According to the source, Belarusian Cement Plant is one of the enterprises run by the holding company. In January-July 2021 Belarusian Cement Plant increased cement output by 4.6% in comparison with January-July 2020, with lime output up by 7.9% and ...

The press service of the Russian Defense Ministry quoted Yunus-Bek Yevkurov as saying: “The Zapad 2021 has demonstrated that we can promptly create powerful combined-arms groups, plan combat actions in any direction, stop any aggression, and resolu...

The agenda included 32 items concerning fuel and energy complex, manufacturing cooperation, manufacturing of agricultural products, customs and tariff regulations, technical regulations, the use of navigation seals, trade cooperation and internationa...

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei took part in a joint meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council and the Committee of Security Council Secretaries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in ...

Each district handed over to the motor rally participants sacks with the grain of the new harvest as a symbol of unity.

Failure by Lithuania and Poland to comply with the truck throughput agreements continues to be a reason for queues at Belarusian checkpoints, the State Border Committee informed.

All the CSTO member states are united in the opinion and once again reaffirm the common stance: if the situation on the CSTO's southern borders gets aggravated, Tajikistan will receive all the military aid and military technology aid it needs.

Foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states have adopted a joint statement “On reaffirming commitment to the principles of the UN Charter and to strengthening cooperation to ensure their unconditional obser...

Since the start of the SMEs promotion program, August 2015, the bank has financed some 7,000 business initiatives to the amount of Br13 billion.

According to the source, the commissioning of the nuclear power plant's two units with the total output capacity of 2,400MW will greatly change the structure of the electricity-generating assets in Belarus.

One of the key issues of the meeting was the situation in Afghanistan and the strengthening of the CSTO southern borders.

Foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states announced plans to coordinate joint efforts to enhance information security.

The CSTO member states also called for the suppression of any threats to security emanating from the territory of Afghanistan and reaffirm their determination to use the resources available to the CSTO to ensure the security of its member states.

Taking part in the online meeting were Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Republic of Belarus Franklin Ramirez Araque and Charge d'Affaires of Belarus to Venezuela Denis Logunov.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has left for Tajikistan on a working visit. The airplane of the head of state took off from Minsk National Airport. Tajikistan is set to host a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Sec...

The suggestion to establish a new national holiday was voiced at the 6th Belarusian People's Congress in February 2021. It was on this day, 17 September, when the Polish campaign of the Red Army began in 1939, which resulted in the reunification of W...

The Coordinating Council will analyze the situation related to ensuring biological security in the CSTO member states, organize exchange of experience, prepare recommendations on the development of coordinated activities in the area.

Dushanbe played host to a joint meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council, the Defense Ministers Council, and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on 15 September.

Belarus' Consulate General will open in Mumbai, India before 31 December 2021. The Finance Ministry will have to finance the costs of opening and maintenance of the Consulate General of Belarus in Mumbai within the funds provided for the Ministry of ...

The parties took note of huge potential for cooperation in the protection of children's rights and agreed that such events should be held on a permanent basis at least once a year.

“It is difficult to overestimate your personal contribution to the building and strengthening of the Republic of Zimbabwe. Despite the temporary difficulties caused by the global pandemic, the country remains an example of political stability and e...

Belarus will play their opening match in Group C on 17 September at Dinamo Stadium in Minsk against Cyprus, the debutante of the World Cup qualifying tournament.

“Two centuries ago your country took a decisive step towards sovereignty after a long and thorny path of heroic struggle for independent and free development. Today Nicaragua is confidently moving forward, being a promising foreign policy and trade...

The official reminded that the ecosystem of digital transport corridors is an open digital environment designed to help business partners share logistic information and to enable legally binding digital interaction with government agencies inside cou...

Transferable deposits went up by 4.5% to Br6.368 billion. Transferable deposits of individuals dropped by 9% to Br2.984 billion as of 1 September. Deposits of companies went up by 20% to Br3.383 billion.

The Belarusian archers claimed two medals in the men's team event. Aliaksandr Liagusheu, Anton Prilepau and Raman Nikitionak beat the Lvov team 28-27 to take gold. Anton Karoukin, Pavel Dalidovich and Sviatsslau Tsarankou won bronze.

The parties discussed the implementation of the agreements reached at the meeting of the heads of government of Belarus and Kazakhstan in June. In particular, they talked over the issues related to the organization of the visit of the delegation of K...

Belarusian world number 111 Aliaksandra Sasnovich has moved into the second round of the Luxembourg Open seeing off Ukraine's world number 165 Lesia Tsurenko 7-5, 7-6 (8-6) in the opener

Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly as part of the CIS observation mission will take part in the monitoring of the parliamentary elections in the Russian Federation.

An exhibition of arts and crafts of cultural institutions of Minsk and all Belarusian regions has opened in the Hall of Official Ceremonies. The Belt of Unity thematic platform has showcased traditional art culture of Belarus.

Natalya Kochanova told participants of the conference: “We see that the incidence rate is climbing, including due to the growth of other seasonal diseases. We should be ready for it. What questions do you have regarding medications, personal protec...

According to the source, members of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission decided to approve the agenda of the next session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on 14 September. The offline session will take place in Minsk on 14 October...

This trading session has been the largest this year so far. Regular trading in tanned semi-finished products for export has been held on the exchange floor since 29 April.

The Belarusian defense minister will participate in a joint session of the Foreign Ministers Council, the Defense Ministers Council, and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member st...

National unity is a must, Gennady Davydko, Chairman of the Standing Commission on Human Rights, National Relations and Mass Media of the House of Representatives, said at a round-table session to discuss inter-ethnic peace in Belarus.

Taking part in the event are companies from Belarus, India, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine.

The two leaders discussed the results of the joint army exercise Zapad 2021, the agenda of the forthcoming CSTO and SCO summits in Dushanbe, and the situation in Afghanistan.