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The CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Council is meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, BelTA learned from the CSTO PA. The meeting is chaired by Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the CSTO PA and Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The Belarusian parliamentary delegation led by Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Igor Sergeyenko is taking part in the meeting. The MPs are set to discuss measures to counter challenges and threats to collective security and...

The memorandum of understanding between the Justice Ministry of Belarus and the Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs of Mongolia signed on 3 June during the state visit of the Belarusian president to Mongolia will create a solid foundation for bilateral cooperation, BelTA learned from the press service of the Justice Ministry. The provisions of the memorandum cover such areas as professional training, information exchange about the legal systems and laws of the two states, and measures to...

Belarusian Emergencies Minister Vadim Sinyavsky met with Chief of the National Emergency Management Agency of Mongolia Gombojav Ariunbuyan, representatives of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry told BelTA. Vadim Sinyavsky and Gombojav Ariunbuyan discussed matters concerning future cooperation. The openness of Belarus’ Emergencies Ministry to cooperation across the entire spectrum of professional activities was stressed, including cooperation in the sharing of the best practices in...

Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) should step up cooperation for the sake of supporting and promoting the Russian language, BelTA learned from Yelena Klishevich, member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus. During the first session of the eighth-convocation House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus the MPs passed the bill on ratifying the agreement on establishing an international organization for the Russian...

A photo exhibition of the BelTA News Agency Sovereign Belarus has opened in the Executive Committee of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, in the city of Comrat. The exhibition was unveiled by the Belarusian Embassy in Moldova together with Honorary Consul of Belarus Konstantin Sibov, BelTA learned from the diplomatic mission of Belarus.The photo exhibition in Gagauzia is timed to Independence Day of Belarus and the 80th anniversary of the country’s liberation from the Nazi...

Belarus seeks to become a full member of BRICS and counts on China's support in this matter, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova said at the first meeting of the High-Level Committee on Cooperation between the Legislative Bodies of the Republic of Belarus and the People's Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 28 May, BelTA has learned. “Belarus and China cooperate within international and regional...