Belarus is ready to assist Russia in supplying sports outfit and other sports gear for competitions, TASS reports. Anatoly Sinkevich, Representative of the Committee for Sport Industry Development at the Business Center for CIS Economic Development in Belarus spoke on the matter as part of the discussion “Sport Diplomacy: Time of Great Opportunities” at the forum “Health of the Nation is the Basis of Russia's Prosperity”. “The manufacturing of goods in the current...

Commodity flows will be re-channeled from Western countries and Ukraine into friendly nations, mostly Russia and China, First Deputy Economy Minister of Belarus Yuri Chebotar said at the meeting of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee to discuss the region's industrial sector, BelTA has learned. “Foreign trade has reached a state of balance and we believe this balance will be preserved. Over the past three months, the export grew by 4.8% year-on-year, the trade surplus...

More than 27,000 foreign nationals have visited Belarus since it reopened border for visa waiver arrivals from Lithuania and Latvia on 15 April 2022, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. "For three weeks since 15 April, 27,485 foreign citizens took advantage of the opportunity to visit Belarus without a visa. Among them there were 16,948 citizens of Lithuania, 3,101 non-citizens and 7,436 citizens of Latvia. Last weekend, from 7 to 10 May, Belarus hosted 3,979...

Great Victory has become an integral part of the national idea, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of Great Victory at the Victory Monument in Minsk on 9 May, BelTA has learned. "I wish you Happy Great Victory Day. This victory helped to preserve the Belarusian people and predetermined the path of development of all generations of Belarusians. It has become an integral part of the national idea," Aleksandr Lukashenko...

Azerbaijan is committed to cooperation with the regions of Belarus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Belarus Ulvi Bakhshaliyev said during a meeting with Brest Oblast Governor Yuri Shuleiko, BelTA has learned. "Azerbaijani-Belarusian relations rely on a high level of trust between our presidents. A good indicator of this is the trade between the countries. In 2020, it was $425 million, and in 2021 it reached almost $1 billion," Ambassador Ulvi Bakhshaliyev...