Heads of the transport ministries of Belarus and Uzbekistan have agreed to advance cooperation, the press service of the Belarusian Transport and Communications Ministry told BelTA. A videoconference meeting of Belarusian Transport and Communications Minister Aleksei Avramenko and Uzbek Transport Minister Ilkhom Makhkamov took place. The officials talked about more frequent passenger and cargo flights, liberalization of international freight transportation by road, and the invigoration...

The exhibition about Pakistan will introduce Belarusians to Pakistan's traditional and contemporary art, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan to Belarus Sajjad Haider Khan said at the opening ceremony of the exhibition “Contemporary Art of Pakistan” at the National Library of Belarus. The exhibition is timed to the 75th anniversary of Pakistan's independence, BelTA has learned. “It is a great pleasure for me to welcome our distinguished guests at...

Belarus takes an active part in preparing a program on developing the national nuclear infrastructures of the CIS states. Head of the International Cooperation Department of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor) Natalya Danilenko mentioned it at a media briefing held in BelTA's press center to discuss new trends in the global nuclear safety regime for Belarus. Speaking about interaction within the framework of the...

Another round of Belarus-Venezuela ministerial consultations has taken place in Caracas, BelTA learned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Belarusian delegation was led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yevgeny Shestakov, the Venezuelan delegation was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Europe Daniela Rodriguez. The diplomats exchanged views on a wide range of issues of the bilateral and international agenda. The parties also discussed joint efforts to overcome...

In January-April 2022 Belarus' export of merchandise and services dropped by 2.1% year-on-year to $13.953 billion, BelTA learned from the website of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB). In January-April 2022 Belarus' foreign trade totaled $26.644 billion, 3.3% down from the same period in 2021. Import amounted to $12.691 billion (4.5% down). Surplus of foreign trade in goods and services equaled $1,261 million, up from $970 million in January-April 2021. Belarus'...

OAO Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus and the State Savings Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan Amonatbonk have signed a basic agreement on export loans for deliveries of Belarusian goods, representatives of the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus (DBRB) told BelTA. As he met with the top-ranking members of the Tajik delegation Chairman of the Board of the Development Bank Aleksandr Yegorov noted: “The signing of the document is supposed to become the starting point...