I am ready to stop energy transit if Poland closes the border, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in an interview with Dmitry Kiselyov, Director General of the Russian state news agency MIA Rossiya Segodnya, BelTA has learned. “As Poland together with others takes more action against Belarus, do they think I am going to stick to some contracts? Come on. They should know better. Poland has this idea to close the border with Belarus. Fine, let them do it. We do not go to in the...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have had a telephone conversation, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The heads of state discussed the situation around Belarus and Russia, as well as the schedule of joint work and upcoming meetings. Written by: belta.by

A hybrid war has been launched against Belarus in almost all directions, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting on military security in the strategic control center of the Defense Ministry on 29 November. “We have discussed several times that there is a hybrid war. I warned you at the end of 2020 that a hybrid war had been launched against us in almost all directions. We are on the verge of hot confrontation,” the president said. “We do not know that they have...

Belarus does not want any war, confrontation in the center of Europe, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told reporters after visiting the logistics center turned into a temporary accommodation facility for refugees near the border with Poland on 26 November, BelTA has learned. “Scoundrels [in Poland and the EU] don't want families to reunite. These are peaceful, normal people. Well, they will end up having a bigger problem. If Afghans rush here and to Ukraine (as you know, they...

Preparations for amending the Constitution are on the home stretch, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he spoke at a joint meeting of the Constitutional Commission and the working group on finalizing the new Constitution draft on 25 November, BelTA informs. “I think today we can say that the preparations for amending the Constitution are on the home stretch. I want to emphasize that,” the head of state remarked at the beginning of the meeting. In his words, the...

The main strategic goal for agribusiness is to reach $7 billion, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he heard out a report of Vice Premier Aleksandr Subbotin and Agriculture and Food Minister Ivan Krupko on 23 November, BelTA informs. The president remarked that this year the agricultural topic was discussed repeatedly, including in the period of the harvest campaign, and it is still necessary to sum up the results. However, while working on the current issues it is essential...