MOSCOW, 30 August – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Dmitry Krutoi met with Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev on 30 August, the embassy's press service told. A constructive exchange of opinions about current matters concerning the advancement of cooperation within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States took place. The sides noted they have similar approaches to the need to make the...

MINSK, 29 August – Belarus' largest power plant – the Lukoml state district power plant – has been opened to tourists, the press service of the Belarusian Energy Ministry told. Tourists will be able to take a guided tour in order to get familiar with the history of the flagship of the Belarusian power engineering industry. The tours have become available with assistance of municipal government agencies and the Energy Ministry. As part of a tour visitors will see the central...

MINSK, 26 August – Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo has held a working meeting with Iran's Ambassador to Belarus Saeed Yari, learned from the press service of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. The parties considered issues of mutually beneficial cooperation and Iran's participation in Prodexpo 2022 in Minsk. The parties also discussed preparations for the third meeting of the working group on agriculture in Tehran this year.

MINSK, 25 August – Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Piotr Parkhomchik met with Deputy Prime Minister, Investment and Foreign Trade Minister of Uzbekistan Jamshid Khodjayev, who is in Belarus on an official visit, has learned. Piotr Parkhomchik and Jamshid Khodjayev discussed matters of cooperation with the Belarusian tractor manufacturer MTZ and the Belarusian heavy truck manufacturer BelAZ. In particular, BelAZ is ready to sell brand new vehicle models for transporting rock mass...

MINSK, 24 August – 268 Ukrainian nationals arrived in Belarus in the past 24 hours, learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. “From 6.00 on 23 August to 6.00 on 24 August, Belarus admitted 268 citizens of Ukraine. 214 Ukrainian citizens arrived in Belarus via Poland, 47 – via Lithuania and five – Latvia. Two persons crossed the Belarusian-Ukrainian border,” the committee informed.

MINSK, 23 August - The China branch of the BRICS Future Network Research Institute and the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange agreed to develop cooperation in electronic commerce, learned from BUCE spokesman Roman Yaniv. During an online meeting, the Chinese branch of the BRICS Institute expressed readiness to provide consulting support and raise awareness of business in China and other BRICS countries about the advantages of using the Belarusian exchange platform to enter the...