At a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told his Russian counterpart what he liked about the CIS summit that had taken place the day before, BelTA has learned. “Yesterday and the day before yesterday we had the opportunity to discuss global issues, the world’s flashpoints. What was gratifying for me and I am sure for you too was realization that we are on the same page regarding global developments. We...

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Udmurt Republic, Russia plan to team up to develop Belarusian-Udmurt exchange trade in order to increase mutual trade and strengthen bilateral trade and economic relations, the BUCE press service told BelTA. The main efforts will be aimed at attracting small and medium-sized businesses to the BUCE electronic platform by organizing business seminars and forums, exchanging business...

Belarus and Russia are creating an additional pool of joint projects, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik told the media, BelTA has learned. "The countries have signed roadmaps for microelectronics, aircraft and machine tool engineering. A total of 27 projects worth RUB105 billion have been launched. We are compiling an additional pool of projects that Russia will review to increase the loan amount to at least RUB200 billion....

My priority task is to prevent Belarus from being dragged into war, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during his meeting with residents of the agro-town of Parokhonsk on 4 October, BelTA has learned. “We should realize that we are almost at the front line: there is a war raging very close by, just behind the fence. My priority task is to prevent Belarus from being dragged into this fight, into this war,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “Everyone understands perfectly...

Belarus and Azerbaijan have not aligned against third countries, but work together in the interests of the peoples of the two states, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov on 3 October, BelTA has learned. “Despite various developments in the international arena, when it comes to our relations, you and my very close friend and brother Ilham Heydarovich [Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan] should know that no topics are...