Demand for Belarusian products remains high, BelTA learned from Belarusian Deputy Economy Minister Dmitry Yaroshevich before the ceremony held to award winners of the Best Exporter of the Year 2021 contest. Export is traditionally very important for Belarus, Dmitry Yaroshevich noted. “We've seen rather good results in this direction lately. Despite the tense situation demand for Belarusian products remains high,” he added. Data of the first five months of the year indicates that...

An Indonesian group of companies and the Belarusian company Atlant have become strategic partners with assistance of the National Agency of Investment and Privatization (NAIP), BelTA has learned. The Indonesian group of companies MODENA is considering Belarus as a regional hub for promoting its interests in the post-Soviet space. MODENA Executive Vice President, a strategic advisor of an Indonesian MP Michael Jizhar mentioned it while in Belarus on a business trip. MODENA...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made a speech during the festival Alexandria Gathers Friends in Shklov District, Mogilev Oblast on 9 July, BelTA has learned. (Applause) Thank you very much! Dear friends, I heartily welcome you and those, who watch us on television today, in the wondrous land of Alexandria. I am very glad that year after year I welcome more and more guests here on these evenings that are sacred for our nation. First of all, I welcome genuine Belarusians:...

The new international situation formulates new tasks for national security agencies of Belarus and Russia. Director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergei Naryshkin made the relevant statement after a joint session of Belarus' State Security Committee (KGB) and Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service on 7 July, BelTA has learned. KGB Chairman Ivan Tertel took part in the session. Sergei Naryshkin said: “The new situation in the world, the crisis in Ukraine, and the...

Relations with China advance regardless of the pressure of sanctions. Belarusian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik made the statement after a ceremony held in the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone on 6 July to open Belarus' national pavilion on the Chinese online platforms Jingdong and Douyin, BelTA has learned. Sergei Aleinik said: “In the current conditions we mainly focus on advancing economic relations with remote countries, in particular, with China,...

Director of the National Marketing Center Nikolai Borisevich met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Belarus Nguyen Van Ngu, BelTA has learned. The sides discussed the importance of pooling efforts for the sake of expanding interaction between representatives of the Belarusian private sector and the Vietnamese one. The center's capability to organize business events with a view to advancing manufacturing cooperation ties between Belarus and Vietnam was also...