The initiative to hold the Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security is very important, head of the Geneva Institute for Multipolarity of Switzerland Guy Mettan said on the air of STV TV channel, BelTA has learned. The expert opined on whether the Minsk conference could become an alternative to the Munich security conference: "I do not think that there is a competition between the Munich and Minsk conferences. Both can be useful." Guy Mettan noted that the Minsk...

Belarusian president’s Press Secretary Natalya Eismont commented on Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s reaction on the people’s flash mob Nado! [You Must] in his support in an interview with the First News TV Channel, BelTA has learned. It all started with Russian journalist Olga Skabeyeva’s question to the Belarusian president. In an interview with Aleksandr Lukashenko, Olga Skabeyeva asked whether he would run for the president in the upcoming election in...

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov and Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov discussed the work on the agreement on security guarantees during their meeting in Minsk on 31 October, BelTA has learned. Speaking about the development of bilateral relations, Maksim Ryzhenkov said that there were no urgent issues on the agenda. “We need to prepare well for the meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Belarus-Russia Union State and the...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is set to address the 2nd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security on 31 October, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said at a briefing in Moscow on 30 October, BelTA has learned. "We have already announced the participation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the International Conference on Eurasian Security, which will be held in Minsk on 31 October - 1 November. He will take part in it...

Belarus and Ryazan Oblast of Russia will jointly develop unmanned aerial vehicles, Governor of Ryazan Oblast Pavel Malkov said during his talks with Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik in Ryazan on 29 October, BelTA has learned. Recently an agreement on partnership has been signed between the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Aerospace Innovation Valley, established in Ryazan on the instruction of the Russian president. "We will work together on the...