Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to President Ranil Wickremesinghe of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as the country celebrates Independence Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.   “Despite the recent challenges, Sri Lanka is gradually recovering from the economic crisis and implementing plans for the country's social and sustainable development,” the message of greetings reads.   According to the head of...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko heard out a report from Head of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate Yuri Nazarov on 2 February, BelTA has learned.  Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that Yuri Nazarov has been working as the head of the directorate for the second year now. The executive had been assigned many tasks, which had been clarified and specified over time. “I have attentively studied results of the work of organizations. The only thing I can say is that...

Reaching $1 billion in trade is far from being the limit for Belarus and Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Bryansk Oblast Governor Alexander Bogomaz on 1 February, BelTA has learned.  The Belarusian leader welcomed the head of the Russian region in Minsk, noting that they had a brief talk at the Kupala festival in Alexandria last July. Apart from that, Alexander Bogomaz visits Gomel Oblast quite often. According to the president, he...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko outlined the main tasks and areas of cooperation in the Union State in the short and long term as he spoke at the Union State Supreme State Council summit, BelTA has learned. The key documents discussed at the summit included the main guidelines for the implementation of the provisions of the Union State Treaty for 2021-2023. The participants of the summit are to approve a new program document for the next three-year cycle, i.e. for 2024-2026. It...

We did some serious work together with Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent days, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State in St. Petersburg, BelTA has learned. "We have really worked very hard these last two days. I can say we covered the issues from the South Pole to the North Pole. We also discussed the problems of Antarctica. Russia is creating more comfortable conditions for the work of its researcher and...

Lukashenko: Supreme State Council will focus on long-term perspectives ST. PETERSBURG, 28 January (BelTA) - At the upcoming meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Belarus-Russia Union State we will try to look further into how to develop cooperation between Belarus and Russia, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg on 28 January, BelTA has learned. “Tomorrow we are going to...