The MPs adopted the bill “On ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on the Mutual Trade Promotion System” at a sitting of the ninth session of the House of Representatives of the seventh convocation on 25 January, BelTA has learned. The bill was submitted to the House of Representatives by the Council of Ministers on 13 January. The document is designed to ratify the agreement between the...

Sanctions have spurred closer interaction between industries and science, Belarusian Forestry Minister Aleksandr Kulik said as he attended the science and technology exhibition Intellectual Belarus, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Kulik noted that all new products in the forestry industry are relevant and needed today. "The sanctions have forced us to take a fresh look at the interaction between industries and science. As for the system of the Forestry Ministry, the sanctions hit us...

The interaction between Belarus and Russia helps effectively counteract the sanctions, analyst at the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR) Olga Lazorkina told a BelTA correspondent. According to Olga Lazorkina, the implementation of 28 integration programs of the Belarus-Russia Union State that were adopted in 2021 has demonstrated the benefits of closer cooperation between the two states. By now, the parties have fully implemented seven programs related to the...

  Despite the difficult situation in the world, cooperation between Belarus and China has shown positive results, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 20 January marks the 31st anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Belarus and China. "We can say with confidence that during this period the relations between our countries have passed the test of time and are an example of successful interaction between the states," the Ministry of...

  A hybrid war has been launched against Belarus and Russia in all but name, but the countries have already grown stronger together and will endure. Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik made the statement after a joint session of the collegiums of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Minsk on 19 January, BelTA has learned. Sergei Aleinik said: “The illegitimate sanctions-fuelled pressure on our states objectively...