Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin congratulated the Belarusian patriotic forces on their victory in the elections, reads a statement posted on the website of the lower house of the Russian parliament, BelTA has learned.  "For the first time, in accordance with the updated Constitution, Belarus held elections on a single voting day. The same model is used in Russia. The...

The CIS Foreign Ministers Council is set to hold its meeting in Minsk on 12 April, CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev told the media on 27 February, BelTA has learned. Minsk is hosting a regular meeting of the CIS Plenipotentiaries Council. The participants of the meeting are set to take stock of foreign policy cooperation within the CIS in 2023 in the context of the CIS international positioning.  “Yesterday I had a meeting with Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei...

China respects the choice of the Belarusian people, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Mao Ning told a briefing, TASS reports.“Being an all-weather strategic partner of Belarus, China respects the choice of the Belarusian people,” Mao Ning noted. “We are ready to further expand cooperation with Belarus across the board and facilitate the continuous development of relations between the two countries.”  A reminder, the single...

There is a high voter turnout in the parliamentary and local elections in Belarus, Chairman of the Belarusian Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko said during a meeting with Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Tajikistan Bakhtiyor Khudoyorzoda in Minsk on 23 February, BelTA has learned.  "The voter turnout is quite lively. Early voting is going well. Young people are going to the polls," Igor Karpenko noted.  According to Igor Karpenko, the CECs of Belarus and...

Belarus’ National Center for Marketing held a web-based meeting with the Export Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, BelTA learned from the National Center for Marketing.  The parties reviewed the current status of bilateral cooperation and plans for 2024, considered a possibility of organizing a visit of a Uzbek delegation to Minsk in the fourth quarter of the year and exchange of information and experience. The parties...

More than 6.9 million people are included in the voting lists for the 2024 elections, Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Belarus Igor Karpenko told reporters, BelTA has learned.