Vitebsk Oblast will host the 11th edition of the Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia. The Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee has discussed preparations for the event, the progress to build and renovate facilities, as well as accommodation for guests, BelTA has learned. The Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia will be held on 27-28 June and will be co-hosted by three cities of the region - Vitebsk, Polotsk and Novopolotsk. The Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee and local authorities...

Rosatom is ready to build the second nuclear power plant in Belarus if necessary, BelTA learned from Director General of the Russian state nuclear industry corporation Rosatom Alexey Likhachev. Alexey Likhachev said: “We are ready to do it. Only the technical look and the location of the future installation are open to debate.” “We know that Aleksandr Grigoryevich [Lukashenko, President of Belarus] would like to continue construction. We are ready to do it in any case. We just have to...

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has arrived in Belarus on an official visit. The aircraft of the Russian head of state landed at Minsk National Airport, BelTA has learned. Official negotiations between Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko and President of Russia Vladimir Putin will take place in the Palace of Independence on 24 May. The parties are expected to discuss the state and prospects of development of the entire range of Belarusian-Russian relations: the integration agenda...

A military delegation of Belarus is taking part in the 14th International Conference on Electrical Engineering in Cairo, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Defense Ministry. The forum is attended by 53 delegations of educational institutions from 13 countries. Belarus is represented by the delegation of the Military Academy led by deputy head for educational work Maksim Zhuravlev. As part of a special session on the sidelines of the conference, representatives of Belarus...

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik will attend the official funeral ceremony in Iran, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  “In accordance with the instructions of the head of state, Belarus will be represented by Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik at the official funeral ceremony for the deceased President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and others...

Minsk Oblast of Belarus and Omsk Oblast of Russia plan to set up a joint chemical cluster, Deputy Chairman of the Omsk Oblast Government Andrei Shpilenko said at the opening ceremony of the Minsk Oblast Days at VDNKh in Moscow, BelTA has learned. “The two regions have developed a cooperation plan. In the near future we will move from this general framework plan to concrete actions. We have chosen a whole pool of directions. First, we have decided to work out the so-called joint chemical...