Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev on 29 June, BelTA informs.

There are attempts to break Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with the clergy at the Holy Dormition Stavropegic Monastery in Zhirovichi on 25 June, BelTA has learned.

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolai Borisevich met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong, BelTA learned from the ministry's press service.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko appointed Belarus' ambassadors to Iran, Mongolia and Cuba on 18 June, BelTA has learned.

The relations between Belarus and Russia can be characterized as a very close and good friendship, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova said as she met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Yevgeny Lukyanov, BelTA has learned.