The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its sincere condolences to colleagues, family and friends of late Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syrian Arab Republic to Belarus Mohammad Aloumrani, BelTA has learned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. "The ambassador made a significant contribution to friendly Belarus-Syria relations and important bilateral projects," the ministry said. According to Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.323 on 13 August to amend decree No.437 on forestry management and timber sales of 23 November 2020, the press service of the head of state told BelTA. The document allows legal persons, which are engaged in forestry management and report to the Belarus President Property Management Directorate, to sell commercial timber to natural persons in harvested format without involving the commodity exchange at manufacturer’s prices...

The State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus together with interested ministries and government agencies continues the work on advancing cooperation with the Russian state nuclear industry corporation Rosatom, the committee’s press service told BelTA. A working meeting took place at premises of the State Committee on Science and Technology. New promising avenues were discussed for expanding interaction within the framework of a complex program on Belarus-Russia...

In January-June 2024 Belarus’ foreign trade in merchandise and services ran a surplus of $100 millllion as against the deficit of $138 million in the same period of last year, BelTA learned from the statistics data released by the website of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB). Merchandise export grew faster than import. In June 2024, the deficit of merchandise foreign trade decreased by $227 million over May 2024. In general, in H1 2024, the foreign trade had a...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko mentioned the importance of patronage programs in agriculture during his visit to OAO Agrokombinat Yubileiny in Orsha District on 11 August, BelTA has learned. The topic was discussed on Friday, 9 August, at a meeting held in Shklov to consider efficient development of agricultural production in the gross-forming Shklov and Orsha districts.  “We talked about patronage. I believe that our plant [Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant] in...