On 8 December 2022 Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich held a meeting with Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population and Development Fund (UNFPA) Yib Petersen, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of foreign Affairs. The parties discussed cooperation between Belarus and the UNFPA, including within the framework of the UNFPA 2021-2025 Country Program to assist the government of Belarus in implementing national medical and...

Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin met with Minister of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic Baktybek Bekbolotov in Moscow, BelTA learned from the press service of the Defense Ministry. During the meeting, the parties discussed the state and prospects of bilateral cooperation in the military field and approved a 2023 cooperation plan between the Defense Ministry of Belarus and the Ministry of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic. The defense ministers of Belarus and Kyrgyzstan pointed...

The CIS ministerial consultations on cooperation within the UNESCO took place in Kazan, Russia. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the international forum devoted to the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee. The consultations were attended by representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee. The...

A trading house of Belarusian manufacturers will open in Moscow Oblast, Russia on 9 December, BelTA learned from the Telegram channel of the Belarusian light industry concern Bellegprom. “BELRU MARKET will open its doors in Solnechnogorsk District of Moscow Oblast. The 400 square meters store will display more than 3,000 types of products from a dozen Belarusian companies, including Dobrush Porcelain Factory, Glassworks Neman, Orsha Linen Mill, Baranovichi Cotton Production...

Consul General of Belarus in Shanghai Andrei Andreev took part in the opening of the SCO seminar on rural development and poverty alleviation on 5 December, BelTA learned from the Belarusian foreign mission in Shanghai. Andrey Andreev stressed that efforts to improve the well-being of people, to promote social justice and sustainable socio-economic development of SCO members and candidate countries are critically important for confronting the challenges facing the organization. In...

  Relations between Tehran and Minsk are at their peak today, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to Belarus Saeed Yari said in an interview to ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned. The ambassador recalled that Iran has been under sanctions for more than 40 years. “The collective West uses sanctions as a tool to destroy economies. And this is a flagrant violation of international norms,” Saeed Yari said. According to him, the sanctions are a serious test for the...