Work to enforce the agreement between Belarus and Russia on the mutual recognition of visas is on the home stretch, Belarusian Deputy Sport and Tourism Minister Oleg Andreichik told the media ahead of the second meeting of the working group on tourism in the Union State, BelTA learned. Belarus and Russia have already ratified the agreement on mutual recognition of visas. Now the agencies and departments concerned are working through technical issues. "The process of enforcing the agreement...

Belarus has always been a peace-loving state that values good-neighborly relations and friendship between peoples, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic, National Coordinator for the Sustainable Development Goals Sergei Khomenko said at the UN Summit of the Future in New York, BelTA has learned. “Belarus is a country located in the very center of Europe, populated by peaceful, hard-working people with their own values and native traditions. Belarus has a centuries-old history,...

The ideas of peace, security, protection from external threats and creation have become both a domestic political foundation and the basis of foreign policy of Belarus, Belarusian Defense Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin said as he spoke at the 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Defense Ministry. Presenting his report, the minister shared the formula of a just world, which is not divided into East and West, in which the voice of each state is...

Belarus has launched its first multimedia portal  VIDEOBEL.BY , BelTA has learned. The new platform will offer access to all the social and political contents of the leading Belarusian mass media. The new resource will offer streaming channels and important live broadcasts, in particular, from the events attended by the head of state. It will provide a selection of top five news headlines for those who want to keep up-to-date but spend the minimum time studying the media space. This is...

Belarus and Vietnam have no  topics they would rather not discuss, State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich told the media following a meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang on 9 September, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Volfovich recalled that Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko held a meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang on 9 September. "During the meeting with the president the parties...

Belarus and China are busy stepping up interaction across the board. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong mentioned it during a friendly party held in Minsk on 6 September on the occasion of the end of the ambassador’s diplomatic mission in Belarus, BelTA has learned. Xie Xiaoyong noted: “The four unforgettable years of my work in Minsk flew by in the blink of an eye. During this period I deeply felt a good attitude to China and active...