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...

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko has arrived on an official visit to Nicaragua, BelTA has learned. At Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport, Roman Golovchenko was met by Laureano Facundo Ortega Murillo, Nicaragua's Presidential Adviser on Investment, Trade and International Cooperation. In Managua, the Belarusian head of government is to hold a number of important meetings to thrash out cooperation plans with Nicaragua.Earlier, Roman Golovchenko paid an official visit to...

Belarus and Cuba need to jointly defend national sovereignty and the right to determine their own development path, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Vice President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Ana Maria Mari Machado, BelTA has learned. “There is a certain symbolism in the fact that official meetings in Cuba start with a meeting with you - the representative of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba. In both our countries all...

A total of 116,249 foreign nationals have visited Belarus without visas since 1 January 2024, BelTA has learned from the State Border Committee. These included 50,552 citizens of Lithuania, 31,214 citizens and 9,369 non-citizens of Latvia, and 25,114 citizens of Poland. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program, Belarus has welcomed a total of 916,855 visitors, including 545,763 citizens of Lithuania, 216,015 citizens and 65,484 non-citizens of Latvia, and 89,593 citizens of Poland....

Belarus hopes to expand cooperation with Indonesia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Indonesia Roman Romanovsky told reporters, BelTA has learned. “Negotiations are currently underway on the establishment of a free trade zone between the Eurasian Economic Union and Indonesia. Both of them are interested in fast-tracking this process. This will give a strong momentum to our efforts to expand and deepen cooperation, primarily in trade and economy,” said Roman...

A meeting of the culture ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries in Vitebsk will focus on the dialogue of cultures, BelTA learned from Belarusian Culture Minister Anatoly Markevich. Anatoly Markevich said: “During this year’s Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk we welcome our colleagues: culture ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization states. For the first time. We will have a meeting tomorrow. We will discuss a very interesting topic: the dialogue of cultures....