The Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG) kicked off its 39th plenary session in Sanya, China on 4 December. The Belarusian delegation is headed by Director of the Financial Monitoring Department of the State Control Committee Vyacheslav Reut, BelTA learned from the State Control Committee. The participants of the session are set to consider reports on the progress of the “anti-money laundering” systems of the Russian Federation and Kyrgyzstan...

Belarusian Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Andrei Khudyk held bilateral talks with Prof. Ibrahim Adam El Dukhiri, the Director General of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. The parties discussed the ways of deepening cooperation in the field of environmental protection and rational use of natural resources within the framework of the...

Belarusian CEC Chairman Igor Karpenko met with CEC Chairperson Ella Pamfilova of Russia in St. Petersburg on 30 November, BelTA has learned. "We consider the interaction of the electoral bodies of Belarus and Russia as a productive form of studying and analyzing the modern electoral process and democratic procedures. Thus we enrich the professional knowledge and learn the best practices, discuss significant electoral issues, develop standards, improve the methodology of international...

Belarusian Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Andrei Khudyk held a meeting with representatives of the Russian state nuclear industry corporation Rosatom, BelTA learned from the press service of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry. During the talks, the parties review the status of the UNIDO/GEF international technical assistance project "Regional Demonstration Project for Coordinated Management of ODS and POPs Disposal in Ukraine, Belarus,...

Director General for Command, Control and Telecommunications Centers of the emergency response service VEN 911 of the Ministry of the People's Power for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Admiral Juan Carlos Oti Paituvi visited the central office of the Minsk City Police Department and was made familiar with peculiarities of operation of the public security monitoring center, the Minsk City Police Department told BelTA. In the central office...

Minsk is set to host a meeting of the 22nd CIS Intergovernmental Timber Industry and Forestry Council on 29 November, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Forestry Ministry. The meeting, which will be held in the Belarusian capital, will be attended by forestry ministers (deputy ministers) from six countries: representatives of Belarus, Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan in person; and representatives of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan via video conference. The agenda of the meeting will include a...