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...

Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko is visiting Yekaterinburg to attend the 12th edition of the international industrial exhibition Innoprom, BelTA learned from the press service of the diplomatic mission. "The ambassador is scheduled to tour the national stand of the Republic of Belarus, to visit SVEL Group, to hold negotiations with KAMAZ Director General Sergey Kogogin, Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast Evgeny Kuyvashev, Governor of the Perm Territory Dmitry Makhonin,...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended Independence Day greetings to fellow Belarusians, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. "For three decades, Belarusians have been successfully building their own sovereign state. We are inspired by the example of heroic ancestors, centuries-old history, and rich culture. We understand that the opportunity to live freely and shape one's own future is the highest value for any people," the message of greetings...

The Iron Curtain is not just on the horizon. In fact, its foundation has already been built, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei told the media after the talks with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Minsk on 30 June, BelTA has learned. “The Iron Curtain is not just looming on the horizon. In fact, its foundation has already been built, including in the physical sense, and I mean a wall in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Political contacts have been limited, nullified....

Asia is eager to buy the timber Belarus used to export to the European Union. Belarusian First Deputy Forestry Minister Aleksandr Dragun made the statement as he met with a Russian delegation, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Dragun said: “Asian countries, including China, are ready to buy all the shipments of reclaimed wood, which we used to ship to the European Union. They are ready to take the entire volume of sawn timber. The logistic difficulties are undoubtedly temporary....