Belarus and Azerbaijan are interested in advancing cooperation in the sphere of communications and informatization, the press service of the Belarusian Communications and Informatization Ministry told. Belarusian Communications and Informatization Minister Konstantin Shulgan met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Belarus Ulvi Bakhshaliyev the other day. Prospects of advancing mutually beneficial cooperation in the sphere of communications and...

The national athletics competition Orsha Half Marathon will bring together athletes and running enthusiasts from Belarus, Russia, Lithuania and Armenia, learned from the Orsha sports and tourism department. The races will take place on 24 September. The participants will start in Lenin Street. Everyone who has applied on the website of the Belarusian Athletics Federation will be able to compete in the 7km and 21km races. The half marathon is organized by the Belarusian Athletics...

State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich has commented on emerging rumors that Belarusians may be recalled to active service due to Russia declaring partial mobilization, has learned. Aleksandr Volfovich said: “Mobilization does not apply to us. The people of Belarus and the country are mobilized as it is. And they are certainly, god forbid, ready to strike back using the designated forces and assets: the defense, security, and law enforcement...

MINSK, 21 September – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as the country celebrates Independence Day, learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “Our countries are historically bound by strong friendship and are aimed at developing a dialogue of trust and mutual benefit," reads the message of greetings to the president of Armenia. “I am convinced that the...

MINSK, 20 September – Belarus' First Deputy Premier Nikolai Snopkov has commented on the essence and key points of the Belarus-China joint declaration on establishing all-weather and all-round strategic partnership that was signed following the meeting between Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and China President Xi Jinping in Samarkand, has learned. “In 1996 China began to classify its foreign policy based on the level of diplomatic relations with various countries....