A delegation of the Training and Administration Department of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China is in Minsk on a visit, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry of Belarus. The Chinese delegation and their Belarusian counterparts discussed the organization of the training process and ways to improve the training system at military educational institutions of Belarus and China. They also explored prospects for bilateral cooperation in military training...

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov has arrived in China on a visit, BelTA has learned. The minister is on an official visit to China 6 to 9 July at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Maksim Ryzhenkov shared with journalists the details of the program of his visit to China on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. The minister will attend important protocol events to raise the state flag of the Republic of Belarus at the...

Belarus and Russia will continue discussing a draft agreement on security guarantees. Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov made the statement as he commented on his meeting with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, BelTA has learned. Maksim Ryzhenkov said: “We’ve discussed a number of matters concerning interagency cooperation. We agreed to increase the number of...

After gaining sovereignty Belarusians built a truly people’s state together. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during the ceremony held in the Palace of Independence on 2 July to present government awards, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that the ceremony was taking place on the eve of the key state holiday – Independence Day. He stressed that 3 July is a holy and symbolic date because it begins 80 years of peaceful life in Belarus....

Belarus has a strategy to respond to any scenario developed by the West, the recently appointed Head of the Belarus President Administration Dmitry Krutoi told reporters before laying a wreath from the Belarusian Embassy in Russia at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin Wall in Moscow in the run-up to the 80th anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from the Nazi invaders, BelTA has learned. Answering a question about the recent activity of NATO troops near the Belarusian...