MOSCOW, 15 June (BelTA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend a meeting of the CSTO Ministerial Council in Minsk on 20 June, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a news briefing on 15 June, BelTA has learned.  Maria Zakharova recalled that Belarus is chairing the CSTO this year. "The participants of the meeting will sum up the results of multilateral cooperation in the CSTO and discuss the prospects for further interaction. The ministers...

MINSK, 14 June (BelTA) - Belarus is ready for any development of events and will respond to aggression without hesitation, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in an interview to the Rossiya 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned.  "No one has ever fought against a nuclear country, a country that possesses nuclear weapons. We are peaceful people; Belarus has had enough of wars. We have a beautiful, neat and tidy country. Russians are happy to visit us," the president...

MINSK, 13 June (BelTA) – Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgeny Shestakov received the copy of credentials from Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Republic of Belarus (with residence in Moscow) Sasiwat Wongsinsawat, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  The parties discussed the current state and ways of promoting the Belarusian-Thai relations, including cooperation in trade and...

MINSK, 12 June (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko sent greetings to President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the country celebrates the 125th anniversary of the proclamation of independence, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.  "Since gaining sovereignty, the Philippines has made significant strides in social and economic development and has become an active participant in ASEAN," the message of greetings reads....

MINSK, 10 June (BelTA) - The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) and the Export Support Center of Russia's Krasnodar Krai are set to consolidate efforts to develop exchange trade in order to increase commodity turnover and boost bilateral trade and economic cooperation. Such intentions of theirs make part of the cooperation agreement signed between the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange and the Krasnodar Krai Export Support Center, BelTA learned from the press...

MINSK, 8 June (BelTA) - All social obligations of the 2022 budget have been fulfilled, Belarusian Finance Minister Yuri Seliverstov said at a session of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Budget and Finances on 8 June, BelTA has learned.  “Last year the implementation of the budget took into account the challenges facing our country's economy, the financial system in general. The task was to preserve the social orientation of the budget on the one hand and to...