MINSK, 18 October (BelTA) – Belarus and Indonesia will intensify trade, economic, and investment cooperation. The relevant agreement was signed during the working visit of a Belarusian delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Dapkiunas to Indonesia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “The sixth session of the Belarusian-Indonesian intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, and technical cooperation was held in...

MINSK, 11 October (BelTA) – Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Valery Voronetsky held a meeting with the EU Ambassadors-at-Large for the Eastern Partnership on 10 October, BelTA learned from the press service of the House of Representatives. The meeting took place on the initiative of the ambassadors-at-large during their visit to Belarus to hold consultations on the preparations for the Eastern...

MINSK, 27 September (BelTA) – Export of enterprises run by Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Ministry to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) increased ten times in January-July 2017 as against the same period of last year, BelTA learned from Aleksei Bogdanov, Head of the Central Office for Foreign Economic Activities of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry, on 27 September. "We exported $436,000 worth of products to the UAE in January-July 2017. The export increased ten times as...

MOSCOW, 21 September (BelTA) – The foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have adopted three joint statements at a meeting in New York. These are the documents On Counteracting International Terrorism, On Securing Universal World Stability, and On the Situation in Afghanistan and the Threat of the Strengthening Positions of International Terrorist and Extremist Organizations in the Northern Provinces of the Country, BelTA learned from the CSTO website. The...

MINSK, 15 September (BelTA) – Days of Kazakhstan Culture in Belarus will be held in 2018, head of the main culture and analytics department at the Culture Ministry of Belarus Vasily Chernik said at the international conference “Kazakhstan-Belarus: 25 years of the diplomatic relations. Results, reality and prospects” on 14 September, BelTA has learned. “Such events are held on a regular basis. In 2014 the Days of Belarusian Culture took place in Astana. The Days of Kazakhstan Culture...

MINSK, 5 September (BelTA) – Belarus Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov met with Chief of International Business at Turkcell Group Ilter Terzioglu, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government. The sides exchanged views on topical issues and prospects of cooperation between Belarus and the Turkish company in telecommunication technologies and IT. Turkcell is a major player in the Turkish mobile market and the third largest GSM operator in Europe. The company is also the...

MINSK, 22 August (BelTA) – Belarusian athletes claimed five medals at the 2nd FIG World Cup 2017 – Senior Trampoline in Minsk, BelTA has learned. In the men’s event Olympic champion Vladislav Goncharov of Belarus scored 60,755 points to place first. Second was Nathan Bailey of the UK (59,165 points). Bronze went to Oleg Ryabtsev of Belarus (59,100 points). The women’s event was won by Yana Pavlova of Russia (56,065 points). Belarus’ Maria Makharinskaya placed second with 56,030...

ASTANA, 14 August (BelTA) – Astana, Kazakhstan is playing host to a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, BelTA has learned. The Belarusian delegation is led by Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov. Attending the session is also Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Chairman of the Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev, and Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic...

MINSK, 7 August (BelTA) – Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich met with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani to congratulate him on his re-election on behalf of the Belarusian head of state, BelTA learned from the press service of the Council of the Republic. “The parties discussed the development of bilateral relations, trade, economic, humanitarian and investment cooperation. One of the themes for discussion were promising joint...

MINSK, 4 August (BelTA) – Mines ParisTech has provided exhibits for the exposition Ignacy Domeyko – A Titan of Science in Mir Castle. The exhibits are related to the activity of the famous Belarusian-born scientist, BelTA learned from the Belarusian embassy in France. On the initiative of the Belarusian embassy in France, cooperation was established with Mines ParisTech to organize in the town of Mir an exhibition of minerals and original documents compiled by Belarus-born scientist...