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MINSK, 19 April (BelTA) - Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Zhang Dejiang visited the National Art Museum of Belarus, BelTA informs. The Chinese guest familiarized himself with the exposition of Russian art, the exhibition of sculptures, paintings and graphic art of famous Belarusian artist Sergei Selikhanov dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the artist. The excursion of Zhang Dejiang was hosted by the artist’s grandson, sculptor Konstantin...

MINSK, 11 April (BelTA) – Belarus and Pakistan consider setting up joint companies. The matter was discussed at a meeting between Speaker of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko and Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research of Pakistan Sikandar Bosan, BelTA learned from the press service of the House of Representatives. The parties discussed Belarusian food supplies to Pakistan and imports from Pakistan, the possibilities of...

SAINT PETERSBURG, 4 April (BelTA) – Belarus and Russia agreed on joint steps in enhancing security, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 3 April, BelTA has learned. “You see what is taking place around us. All we want is to preserve stability in Russia and Belarus. Very few peaceful spots have left in this world. We have agreed on joint steps to preserve stability in our states,” Alexander Lukashenko said. “We spoke...

MINSK, 28 March (BelTA) – Belarus has great hopes for the development of the Eurasian Economic Union, BelTA learned from Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich during the solemn plenary session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS IPA) in Saint Petersburg on 27 March. Mikhail Myasnikovich remarked that the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly makes a great contribution to the development of...

MINSK, 20 March (BelTA) – An inspection team from France will stay in Belarus on 20-24 March to choose and examine a unit of the Belarusian army in line with the Conventional Weapons in Europe Treaty. The inspectors will also visit the 336th Rocket Artillery Brigade within the framework of the 2011 Vienna Document, representatives of the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA. The French inspectors will make sure that the number of armaments and military hardware on site matches the...

MINSK, 14 March (BelTA) – Belarus reaffirms the readiness to develop all-round cooperation with Egypt, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Mohamed Al-Assar, Minister of Military Production of Egypt, on 14 March, BelTA has learned. The head of state pointed out the importance of the resolution of the Egyptian side to implement top-level arrangements, and this visit testifies to that. The minister arrived in Minsk with a delegation including representatives of various...

MINSK, 9 March (BelTA) – The two-day working visit of the Belarusian delegation led by Industry Minister Vitaly Vovk to Karachi (the administrative center of Pakistan’s Sind Province) started on 9 March, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in Pakistan. On the first day of the visit the Belarusian delegation took part in the opening of the fourth meeting of the joint Belarus-Pakistan commission on trade and economic cooperation. The agenda included a wide range of issues related to...

MINSK, 2 March (BelTA) – Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Valentin Rybakov called for continuous joint effort towards general and complete nuclear disarmament as he attended the UN disarmament and nonproliferation events held in Geneva, Switzerland on 28 February and 1 March, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In his address to the high-level segment of the UN Conference on Disarmament (CD), Valentin Rybakov called for...

MINSK, 28 February (BelTA) - Belarus can abolish such measure as confiscation of goods as punishment of business, Valery Borodenya, a member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, said in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned. “In European countries there is no penalty as confiscation. I would keep in place such measure as vehicle confiscation for repeated DIU during a year. It works; it saves lives. As regards business, maybe we should consider...

MINSK, 22 February (BelTA) – Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Oleg Kravchenko met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Belarus Fionna Gibb on 21 February, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BelTA. During the meeting Oleg Kravchenko and Fionna Gibb discussed the advancement of Belarus-UK relations. BELARUSIAN NEWS