Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei will pay a working visit to Latvia on 24 July, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on its Facebook page, BelTA has learned. In Riga, Vladimir Makei will hold talks with his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevics. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko was expected to visit Latvia in April. However, due to the outbreak of coronavirus, the visit was postponed. In March, Aleksandr Lukashenko and Latvian President Egils...

The number of observers at polling stations during the current election campaign will be reduced due to the epidemiological situation. Such a decision was adopted at a meeting of the Belarusian Central Electoral Commission (CEC) on 22 July, BelTA has learned. CEC head Lidia Yermoshina proposed to reduce the number of observers to five on the main voting day, and to three during the early voting time. “The matter is about presence. The accreditation of observers does not stop,” she...

The CIS observation mission will be led by Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee - Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev. His nomination was approved during a meeting of the CIS Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives in Minsk on 21 July, BelTA has learned. The CIS is forming the mission. The CIS Executive Committee has sent out invitations to the CIS countries requesting to nominate their representatives to the CIS observation mission. CIS observers are expected to work in...

There are many areas where Belarus and the United States can cooperate, where their interests coincide, Oleg Kravchenko, who has been appointed Ambassadress Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the United States, told BelTA. “The areas where our interests coincide, first of all, includes the cooperation in attracting financial resources, economic and energy dialogue, international security, law enforcement cooperation,” Oleg Kravchenko noted. “The fact that we belong...

Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei met with outgoing U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Belarus Jenifer Moore on 17 July 2020, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The parties discussed topical issues of Belarus - U.S. relations. Vladimir Makei thanked Jenifer Moore for her contribution to the development of bilateral cooperation between Belarus and the United States and presented the U.S. diplomat with the Partnership Award of the...