MINSK, 22 August – Over 200,000 foreign nationals have visited Belarus without visas, learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. “A total of 200,378 foreigners visited Belarus as part of the visa-waiver program. Since 15 April when Belarus reopened border for visa waiver arrivals, Belarus has welcomed 128,519 citizens of Lithuania, 51,445 citizens and 15,736 non-citizens of Latvia. Since 1 July, when Belarus launched a visa waiver program for Poland, it has hosted...

MOSCOW, 19 August – A meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council with the participation of the heads of government of the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union will be held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan on 25-26 August, official representative of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Iya Malkina told the media following the meeting of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission in Moscow on 19 August, has learned. Iya Malkina said that the meeting of the prime...

MINSK, 18 August – The administration of the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone and the Association of Clusters, Technology Parks, and Special Economic Zones of Russia have signed a cooperation memorandum. The document was signed within the framework of a session of the expert council on the development of industrial infrastructure in the Russian city of Kubinka, the park's press service told. The cooperation memorandum will facilitate the development of high technologies,...

MINSK, 17 August – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has approved a draft intergovernmental agreement with Russia to implement the program of military-technical cooperation between the two countries until 2025 as a basis for further talks. The head of state signed the appropriate decree on 17 August, learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. Aleksandr Lukashenko authorized the State Military-Industrial Committee to negotiate the draft agreement and to sign...

MOSCOW, 16 August – Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of Belarus Dmitry Pantus and State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Dmitry Mezentsev discussed the advancement of Belarus-Russia defense technology cooperation on the sidelines of the international defense technology forum Army 2022 in Patriot Park located near Moscow, learned from the website of the Standing Committee of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. Dmitry Mezentsev went to see...

MINSK, 15 August – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko extended greetings to President Droupadi Murmu of India and all its citizens as the country celebrates the 75th anniversary of independence, learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. "Your unique country with its original culture, ancient rich history, a special way of development, a huge human potential is one of the greatest states in the world," the message of greetings reads. “Thanks to an effective...