Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Palestine to the Republic of Belarus Ahmed Mohammed al-Madbuh, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The parties exchanged views on the state of affairs in the Middle East region and paid special attention to the prospects of normalization of the situation in the Gaza Strip. The parties also discussed cooperation...

About 6 million foreign tourists visited Belarus last year, BelTA learned from Deputy Chairman of the National Statistics Committee of Belarus Timofei Zhigarev at a press conference. Timofei Zhigarev said: “We survey tourism in Belarus every year. In 2023 our country welcomed about 6 million foreign guests from 150 countries, 12% up from 2022. The average bill makes up about $500.” Belarus has proper infrastructure for welcoming foreign guests. “They can enjoy comfortable...

Belarus and Pakistan intend to take cooperation to an even higher level, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in Minsk on 20 August, BelTA has learned. The head of state welcomed the Pakistani speaker of parliament, adding that he was very glad to see him in the hero city of Minsk in the year when the two countries mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic...

The fifth Rosatom scientific and educational expedition Icebreaker of Knowledge has reached the North Pole on the nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Years of Victory (50 Let Pobedy). This year, for the first time the expedition has brought together international participants, including from Belarus, BelTA has learned from Rosatom's country office in Belarus. The expedition participants took their national flags to the top of the planet. Immediately after landing on the ice, Ruslan...

Belarusian farmers have gathered in over 7.4 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, the Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA. As of 17 August as much as 7.484 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed) was harvested. The figure includes 6.417 million tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops (93.6% of the area under these crops, with yields at 33 centners per hectare) and 1.067 million tonnes of rapeseed (91.5% of the area under these crops, with yields at 29.2 centners per...