The first army train carrying Russian troops and hardware arrived in Brest ahead of the Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise Zapad 2021 [West 2021], the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA.

The National Center for Intellectual Property of Belarus and the National Institute of Intellectual Property of Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding on 21 July. The document was signed by the heads of the two agencies Vladimir Ryabolovov and Yerbol Ospanov, BelTA learned from the press service of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus.

There is a proposal to increase the length of the parliamentary term from four to five years, Chairman of the Constitutional Commission, Chairman of the Constitutional Court Piotr Miklashevich said on 21 July, BelTA has learned.

A mission of experts of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) is in Belarus on a visit. On the first day, the head of the visiting mission, EAG Executive Secretary Sergey Teterukov met with First Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian State Control Committee Dmitry Basko, BelTA reports.

The awards ceremony and a gala concert of the international children's song contest Vitebsk 2021 were held at Slavianski Bazaar on 18 July, BelTA has learned.