Vladimir Dzhabarov, Member of the Commission on International Affairs, Migration Policy and Relations with Compatriots of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, First Deputy Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia, explained how the Belarusian-Russian visa mutual recognition agreement will operate at a press conference in Moscow on 8 February. Many experts already dubbed this agreement as...

  Participnats in the St Petersburg Labor Forum are set to discuss the ways to regulate migration processes in the CIS, BelTA learned from the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly. “The 7th St Petersburg Labor Forum will include the conference “Regulation of International Migration Processes in the CIS Member States”. MPs and experts are set to discuss new forms of organized recruitment and the formation of a common labor market of the CIS countries. The conference will take place...

Iran is interested in timber supplies from Belarus, Belarusian Deputy Forestry Minister Vladimir Krech told the media after his visit to Tehran, BelTA learned from the press service of the Forestry Ministry. The delegation headed by Vladimir Krech visited Iran and took part in the 20th International Exhibition Iran WOODEX in Tehran. The Belarusian delegation got familiar with the exposition of woodworking equipment and wood products, and held a number of business negotiations with...

More than 5,655 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. According to the committee, 4,178 citizens of Ukraine came to Belarus via Poland, 1,080- via Lithuania and 397- via Latvia. Since 24 February 2022, Belarus admitted 80,359 citizens of Ukraine. 15,890 people arrived in Belarus directly from the territory of Ukraine. 50,683 citizens of Ukraine came to Belarus via Poland, 11,230 - via Lithuania...

Relations between Belarus and Russia are strategic, friendly and important, Chairwoman of the Labor, Social Policy and Healthcare Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, member of the Federation Council's Committee on International Affairs Yelena Afanasyeva told reporters, BelTA reports. The commission convened for a meeting in Minsk on 2 February. It was attended by representatives of the Standing Committee of the Union State, the...