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A Belarusian delegation visited Beijing to participate in China Education Expo on 16-22 February. The exposition “Education in Belarus” presented educational programs of leading Belarusian universities, BelTA learned from the press service of the Education Ministry. “As of today, more than 530 direct cooperation agreements have been signed between educational institutions of Belarus and China. Mutual academic mobility has been growing for many years. About 8,000 Chinese...

Belarus expects to nearly double its food supplies to China in 2023, Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo told the media in Beijing on 1 March, BelTA has learned. In 2022, Belarus exported more than $500 million worth of food products to China. “The increase was more than 40%. It is still not the figures the two countries can reach though. China is a huge country. Even though we increased our supplies over the past six years, the potential still remains hugely...

A regular meeting of the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives of the CIS Member Nations at the Statutory and other Bodies of the Commonwealth was held at the CIS Executive Committee in Minsk on 28 February. Members of the Council discussed the draft agenda of the next meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council due in Sochi, BelTA has learned. “The preliminary date for the Sochi meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council is 7-8 June. The date was suggested...

Belarus and China are reliable partners in the economic sector in what concerns mutual beneficial cooperation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong said in an interview with BelTA in the run-up to the state visit of the highest-level Belarusian delegation to Beijing. “Cooperation in the areas of economy, trade and investment between the two countries is constantly developing. The joint work on the Belt and Road...

Seeing how Belarusian doctors work in Aleppo makes me feel proud for our country, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Syrian Arab Republic Yuri Sluka said in a video published in the official telegram channel of the Defense Ministry, BelTA has learned. "Today, the delegation of the Belarusian Embassy in Damascus is visiting a Belarusian military field hospital deployed in Aleppo. For a week now, our doctors have been working in ascetic field...

  The manufacturing industry performed well in 2022 and showed good results against all odds, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Parkhomchik told journalists prior to the meeting of the final collegium of the Industry Ministry, BelTA has learned. “Despite all the difficulties, various barriers and obstacles, the industry performed at the best of its capabilities by and large and showed a very good result in 2022. In particular, the Industry Ministry fulfilled almost all key...