Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov will visit Beijing soon where he will take part in a solemn ceremony of hoisting the country’s flag in front of the building of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization secretariat, SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming told reporters after the summit in Astana.   The official noted that once the summit in Astana is over and the SCO secretariat delegation returns to Beijing, the solemn ceremony of hoisting the state flag of the...

First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Sergei Lukashevich met with Pakistan's Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan and Secretary for the Ministry of Economic Affairs Kazim Niaz for the sixth round of political consultations in Pakistan on 3 July, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.   During the meeting with the federal minister for commerce, who is the co-chair of the bilateral intergovernmental commission, the...

The next meeting of the CIS Defense Ministers Council will take place in Minsk on 3 July, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry.  The meeting will be attended by the defense ministers of the CIS member states, the secretary of the CIS Defense Ministers Council, as well as CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev. The participants will discuss the current state of multilateral cooperation and the development of the unified (joint) military systems of the Commonwealth. They are also expected...

Minister of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov has arrived on an official visit to the Republic of Belarus, BelTA has learned. The head of the Uzbek military delegation is set to meet with the defense minister of Belarus and take part in events to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from the Nazi invaders and Independence Day. Written by  belta.by

At a plenary session in Novopolotsk on 27 June the participants of the Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia discussed how innovations can help Belarus and Russia achieve technological independence, BelTA has learned. The discussion was held on the premises of the Polymir plant of Naftan. The participants of the event studied samples of innovative products of Belarusian petrochemical enterprises. Business entities of the two states signed RUB6 billion worth of contracts to supply...

During his visit to China, Belarus’ Deputy Prime Minister Pyotr Parkhomchik took part in the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Forum on Traditional Medicine in Nanchang in China’s southern Jiangxi Province, BelTA learned from the press service of the Industry Ministry. A reminder, the deputy prime minister is on a visit to China on 25-28 June. He leads the Belarusian delegation that includes senior officials of the Industry Ministry and heads of large...