Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko praised an unexpectedly high turnout in the recent parliamentary and local elections in Belarus as he met with CIS Secretary General, head of the CIS observation mission Sergei Lebedev on 26 February, BelTA has learned. “People heard all your statements in the media. This mobilized people. The turnout was high. Unexpectedly high, I would say,” the head of state said. “A good turnout,” Sergei Lebedev agreed. Aleksandr Lukashenko went on...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to his compatriots, soldiers and veterans of the Armed Forces on the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus marked on 23 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “This national holiday is inseparably linked with the struggle of Belarusians for sovereignty and independence, for the right to live freely in their native land,” the message of...

Belarus and Russia should be the architects of their own future, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Head of Russia’s Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in Kazan on 21 February, BelTA has learned. Upon the arrival in Tatarstan, the head of state headed for the Kazan Kremlin to have a bilateral meeting with Rustam Minnikhanov. “Perhaps it is good that circumstances have pushed us towards each other. We have stopped arguing for no reason. We have realized that we...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has gone on a working visit to the Russian Federation, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

It is important we continue improving the anti-terrorism response system in Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a large meeting with the senior staff of the national security agencies in Minsk on 20 February, BelTA has learned.  "Our self-exiled opposition and their handlers from the special services are looking for people t recruit for terrorist attacks and sabotage. There are enough facts. It is good that the terrorists have been identified and detained. But the...

On 16 February, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 56 "On the Secretariat of the Belarusian People's Congress", BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.