A new page in Belarus-Russia relations has been opened as a result of the working trip to Russia and the visit to the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Amur Oblast. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he participated in the nationwide subbotnik on 16 April, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that all the restrictions prohibiting Belarusian citizens and organizations from participating in construction in previously restricted areas had been...

In 2021 Belarus-Azerbaijan trade in food and agricultural raw materials increased by nearly 20%, the press service of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA. Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Belarus Ulvi Bakhshaliyev. They discussed prospects of Belarus-Azerbaijan cooperation in agriculture, in particular, mutual sales of food, interaction in agrarian education, veterinary medicine, and...

The offices of the prosecutors general of Belarus and Russia have set up a joint taskforce to establish circumstances of the genocide of the Soviet nation during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, BelTA learned from the website of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Russia. According to the source, massive work is in progress in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus to collect evidence and find out circumstances of the genocide of the Soviet nation during the...

Belarusian military personnel continue carrying out tasks meant to reinforce parts of the country's southern border, the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA. According to the source, the army units are rotated in and out. One of the battalion tactical groups has arrived in Gomel Oblast for carrying out assigned missions. Army units now guard important roads and bridges, inspect vehicles, and continue rolling out engineering infrastructure at the positions they occupy. The...

Enterprises run by the Industry Ministry may increase their export to Russia's Far East by 1.5 times, BelTA learned from Belarusian Industry Minister Piotr Parkhomchik. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko is expected to pay a working visit to Russia's Far East on 12-13 April. Piotr Parkhomchik is part of the Belarusian delegation. When asked what he intends to accomplish, Piotr Parkhomchik said: “To raise our export component by at least 1.5 times in comparison with 2021.”...

Personnel of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of Serbia took part in a ceremony of laying flowers at the memorial complex Liberators of Belgrade, BelTA has learned. On the occasion of the 81st anniversary since the German invaders attacked Yugoslavia during World War Two the Belarusian embassy took part in a flower-laying ceremony at the memorial complex Liberators of Belgrade. The minister of labor, employment, veteran affairs, and social affairs of Serbia,...