Belarus would like to scale up cooperation with China in film production, the Telegram channel of the Culture Ministry of Belarus reports following the meeting of Culture Minister Anatoly Markevich and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to China Yuri Senko, which took place on 21 July. According to the press release, “the Belarusian side is interested in expanding cooperation in cinematography, in promoting domestic films in the Chinese market.” The discussion...

If individuals or individual countries encroach upon Belarus' sovereignty and independence, Aleksandr Lukashenko is ready to fight against it. With weapons in hands if necessary. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement in an interview with the news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP), BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko asked the reporter: “Right now we see what policy Poland pursues in all its splendor. Would you like me to calmly look at the fact that Poland sees...

MINSK, 20 July – Belarus intends to unyieldingly defend national interests in the sphere of civil aviation, Director of the Aviation Department of the Belarusian Transport and Communications Ministry Artyom Sikorsky told BelTA on 20 July.   The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) reviewed two matters the other day – the Ryanair Flight 4978 incident in Belarus' skies on 23 May 2021 and Belarus' complaint about consequent actions of European countries, which...

A session of the board of the Belarusian Industry Ministry took place on 19 July. Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Nazarov took part in it, BelTA has learned. Participants of the session summed up results of the Industry Ministry's work in January-May 2022 and preliminary results of H1 2022. It was noted that so far this year the Industry Ministry has ensured the achievement of all the key performance indicators the head of state and the government assigned to the manufacturing sector. Tasks...

Belarusian mercenaries, who are fighting in Ukraine, have to understand that they can be punished, BelTA learned from Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei. Vladimir Makei said: “Participation in such conflicts in the capacity of mercenaries is a criminal offence in Belarus. We are getting information about the capture and deaths of a number of Belarusian mercenaries, who are fighting somewhere in Ukraine. In any case these people surely knew what they were attempting...

Head of the International Military Cooperation Department, Aide for International Military Cooperation to the Belarusian Defense Minister, Colonel Valery Revenko met with representatives of the defense attaché office of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Belarus on 15 July. The meeting was arranged in view of the end of the current attaché's stay in Belarus and the accreditation of a new one, BelTA has learned. During the meeting Valery Revenko summed up...