First Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus Aleksandr Korbut made a statement after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee took a decision on the state of conservation of Belovezhskaya Pushcha, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus. Aleksandr Korbut informed the attendees about the negative impact of the fence built by Poland on ecosystems of the UNESCO World Heritage transboundary...

Polish authorities continue to deport migrants en masse across the Polish-Belarusian border in violation of international human rights laws and the bill proposing to exempt border guards from criminal liability will only make the situation worse, TASS reports citing a statement by the press service of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O' Flaherty. Michael O’Flaherty published two letters sent on 17 July to the Prime Minister and the Marshal of the Senate of Poland...

Belarus and Amur Oblast of Russia have everything in place to build cooperation across the board, Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Anatoly Linevich told the media following a joint meeting of the working group on cooperation between Belarus and Amur Oblast in Minsk on 24 July, BelTA has learned.   “We can build cooperation with Amur Oblast in all areas. This is evidenced by our trade, which is estimated at $36 million, but we can grow it up to $100 million. Amur Oblast is a...

Belarus and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to preserving and strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation regime. The two countries made a joint statement at the second session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), BelTA learned from Belarus’ Permanent Mission to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva. “The Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation proceed...

It would not be an overstatement to say that a breakthrough was achieved during the visit to Nicaragua, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said following the official visit of Belarus’ delegation to Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, BelTA has learned. “This is a small Central American country, we have not had such close relations with it as we have had with Venezuela or Cuba for decades. There were mostly occasional contacts within international platforms. And the first visit of a...

The level of Belarus' relations with India should not be lower than with China, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov said on the air of the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned.  “The president always says that with India we should aim for a level of relations no lower than with China. The country is huge, powerful, developed. There are opportunities to find some niches where we do not compete, where we, on the contrary, can create something together, be useful to each...