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MINSK, 20 September – Belarus' First Deputy Premier Nikolai Snopkov has commented on the essence and key points of the Belarus-China joint declaration on establishing all-weather and all-round strategic partnership that was signed following the meeting between Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and China President Xi Jinping in Samarkand, has learned. “In 1996 China began to classify its foreign policy based on the level of diplomatic relations with various countries....

Belarusian Voyage trains are to become regular, head of Belarusian Railways Vladimir Morozov said on the air of the STV TV channel, informs. “In the 2022-2023 season, we are considering launching more trains to Anapa and Adler, as well as Murmansk. In addition, it is planned to launch direct trains to Pskov,” Vladimir Morozov said. According to the head of Belarusian Railways, there plans to operate the Belarusian Voyage trains on a permanent basis: “There will be three...

MOSCOW, 16 September - Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi met with First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Ivan Melnikov in Moscow on 15 September, learned from the press service of the diplomatic mission. "The parties exchanged views on the prospects for the development of Belarusian-Russian relations and integration within the framework of the Union State," the press service noted. “We discussed the schedule of upcoming bilateral contacts...

An expanded meeting of the Athletes' Commissions of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus and the Russian Olympic Committee opened at the Luzhniki Big Sports Arena in Moscow on 15 September, learned from the press service of the Belarusian NOC. President of the Belarusian NOC Viktor Lukashenko welcomed the participants and noted that in April this year as Minsk hosted the second edition of the National Athletes Forum, the parties already discussed various topics, ways to protect...

The current COVID-19 incidence rate is half of what was registered last autumn, learned from Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich. According to Dmitry Pinevich, a certain increase in incidence rate was expected. Weather is partially to blame for it. “The number of infectious disease cases always rises at this time [of the year],” he stressed. “We've seen a small increase but it is much lower than last year. We are working absolutely calmly,” the official noted....

On 14 September a Belarusian delegation will head for the 15th edition of the Youth for the Union State festival, learned from the Youth Variety Theater. The BRSM Youth Union has done the necessary preparatory work and formed a delegation consisting of 100 Belarusian representatives from every region of the country. They are university and school students, young workers of various organizations and enterprises, united by the desire for creativity and friendship between the youth of...