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Interference in domestic affairs of a sovereign state runs afoul of all international agreements, Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned.

Experts of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have finalized the draft plan of events of the CIS Year of Folk Art and Cultural Heritage, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.

Belarusian and Russian scientists are working on the world's first bacterial COVID-19 vaccine to be administered through consumption of dairy products, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Aleksandr Sergeyev said at the plenary session of the 8th Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia on 1 July, BelTA has learned.

A total of 11% of Minskers have been vaccinated against COVID-19, Deputy Chief Physician of the Minsk City Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology Natalya Avtukhova told reporters on 30 June, BelTA has learned.

Russia is Belarus' special partner in terms of international cooperation in science and technology, Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs and National Security of the Council of the Republic Sergei Rachkov said as he spoke at the panel discussion "Improving the cooperation between Russia and Belarus in implementing the Union State programs and project in science and technology within the framework of international treaties" hosted by the Presidential Library, BelTA has learned.

The Sputnik Light vaccine is expected to be delivered to Belarus in July, Belarus' Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told reporters, BelTA has learned.