The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) aims for cooperation with the United Nations in maintaining international peace and security, said CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, who took part in the UN Security Council session on 17 February, CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov told BelTA. The meeting, which was held via videoconference, focused on “Cooperation between the UN and regional and subregional organizations in support of international peace and security: Cooperation...

The Belarusian milk chocolate President won a gold medal at the international exhibition Prodexpo in Moscow, head of the marketing department of the Belarusian confectionary Kommunarka Tatiana Parmon told BelTA. The professional jury of the contest praised the products presented at the exhibition. The gold medal went to milk chocolate President, chocolate with blueberry puree Belovezhskaya Pushcha and a set of sweets Belgian Truffle. According to Tatiana Parmon, this is quite a complex...

Aleksandr Lobko, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University, spoke about the training of personnel for the Belarusian nuclear power plant as he took part in a round table session at the BelTA press center.  “The training is carried out based on a respective government program incorporating many universities: Belarusian State University, Belarusian National Technical University, Belarusian State University of Informatics and...

Belarus-Russia joint military drills Allied Resolve 2022 are underway in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry of Belarus.  At the Gozhsky training ground, a mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continues practicing a defensive operation. An airborne assault brigade of the Russian Airborne Forces is practicing destroying sabotage and reconnaissance groups of a mock enemy.  At the Brestsky training ground, special operations forces of the...

As of 10 February, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus has accredited 77 international observers, BelTA learned from the CEC.  The CIS observation mission consists of 43 observers, of them 14 observers were sent by the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and 2 observers each were accredited by the central election commissions of Armenia, Russia and Tajikistan.  The process of sending observers continues.  Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No.14 “On...