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...

MINSK, 12 August – Belarusian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Republic of Belarus Mohammad Aloumrani in Minsk on 12 August, learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, the parties discussed the main avenues of the Belarusian-Syrian cooperation and also ways of intensifying political, trade and economic interaction.

MINSK, 11 August – Foreign investors poured $4.3 billion into the real sector of the Belarusian economy in H1 2022, the National Statistics Committee told. According to the National Statistics Committee, the main investors in Belarusian companies were commercial entities of the Russian Federation (45.3% of the total incoming investments), Cyprus (20%), Netherlands (6.4%), and Ukraine (5.2%). Foreign direct investments amounted to $3.8 billion or 88.1% of the total foreign...

MINSK, 10 August – Four million tonnes of grain have been threshed in Belarus, learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. “By the afternoon of 10 August, Belarusian agricultural workers threshed four million tonnes of grain,” the ministry informed. According to the information released in the morning, Belarus threshed 3,836,600 tonnes of grain, with the average yield at 37.7 centners per hectare. However, by the afternoon this figure went up. The Agriculture and...