Belarus and China are developing friendly relations, and the friendship of the leaders of the countries Aleksandr Lukashenko and Xi Jinping serves as the basis for strengthening Belarusian-Chinese cooperation, Party Secretary of Peking University Hao Ping said at a meeting between Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and representatives of other Chinese universities on 25 June, BelTA has learned. The Chinese guest highlighted the close friendly relations between Alexander Lukashenko...

A total of 103,441 foreign nationals have visited Belarus without visas since 1 January 2024, BelTA has learned from the State Border Committee. These included 46,346 citizens of Lithuania, 26,694 citizens and 7,875 non-citizens of Latvia, and 22,526 citizens of Poland. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program, Belarus has welcomed a total of 904,047 visitors, including 541,557 citizens of Lithuania, 211,495 citizens and 63,990 non-citizens of Latvia, and 87,005 citizens of Poland....

A parade unit of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan has arrived in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry. Uzbekistan's military personnel will take part in the Independence Day parade in Minsk on 3 July. This year the Independence Day celebrations will coincide with the 80th anniversary of the country's liberation from the Nazi invaders. The day before, an aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces landed in Belarus. Russian military aircraft will take part in the air parade. The...

Over 15 international delegations visited the international expo of security industry “National security. Belarus 2024”. Deputy State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Rakhmanov made the statement before the 4th international applied science conference on the main directions for improving the national security system, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Rakhmanov said: “Today’s international applied science conference organized by the State Secretariat of the...

Pakistan will continue to cooperate with Belarus in the common pursuit of sustainable development, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Belarus Sajjad Haider Khan told BelTA on the sidelines of the second National Forum on Sustainable Development in Minsk on 19 June.  "I express my sincere congratulations to the Belarusian government for hosting such important forum. My heartfelt congratulations to Belarus for ranking 30th among 167...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave an instruction to introduce additional financial incentives for working pensioners, Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus Yuri Senko told reporters following his meeting with the head of state on 19 June, BelTA has learned. This instruction has to do with the individual earnings ratio (IER). Currently, no pension is paid above the IER of 1.3. “One of the issues on the agenda today (the president set the task to resolve it...