Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent a video address to President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, participants and visitors to the 5th China International Import Expo in Shanghai, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state. The welcome address reads: “Dear President Xi Jinping! Dear heads of state, heads of government, ladies and gentlemen! I congratulate all participants and visitors on the opening of the 5th China...

State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich met with colleagues from the CIS states on the sidelines of the 10th meeting of secretaries of security councils of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Moscow on 3 November, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Volfovich said he had met with Secretary of Russia's Security Council Nikolai Patrushev. Matters concerning the security of the Union State of Belarus and Russia and a number of other things were raised during...

Belarus plans to build industrial and social facilities in Rostov Oblast of Russia. The cooperation projects were discussed during the talks with Construction, Architecture and Territorial Development Minister of Rostov Oblast Yuri Silvestrov, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Architecture and Construction Ministry. The parties identified areas for further cooperation. Plans are in place to implement projects in the field of design and construction of industrial...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his re-election as President of Brazil, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian head of state. "The sovereign people of Brazil have once again demonstrated a high level of confidence in the course that the state will follow under your confident leadership. It was during your previous term that I made my first and so far my only visit to your wonderful country. Together with you, we have...

Over 306,000 foreigners have visited Belarus as part of the visa-waiver travel program, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program for neighboring EU countries, Belarus has hosted 306,388 arrivals: 197,800 Lithuanian citizens, 73,151 citizens and 22,479 non-citizens of Latvia and 12,958 Polish citizens. "Over the past week, Belarus hosted 5,819 visa-waiver arrivals: 4,184 citizens of Lithuania, 946 citizens and 282...

Two more Belarusian peat plants can now sell peat to China. Deputy Director General of the Belarusian fuel and gasification industrial group Beltopgaz Valery Kovalev mentioned it during a conference held in Kossovo, Ivatsevichi District, Brest Oblast on 28 October to discuss the development of the peat industry. Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich took part in the conference, the ministry's press service told BelTA. Valery Kovalev noted that the Belarusian peat plants Glinka...