Andrei Matelsky has been appointed Director of the National Center of Legislation and Legal Information. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed corresponding decree No.269 on 28 June, BelTA has learned. The same document relieved Andrei Matelsky of his duties as the director of the National Center of Legal Information. The president had previously signed decree No.96 reorganizing the National Center of Legislation and Legal Research and the National Center of Legal...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has appointed Maksim Ryzhenkov Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, BelTA has learned. Before the new appointment, Maksim Ryzhenkov was First Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration. “I know that all this time you felt very connected (and this is good) to your alma mater and your previous work [Maksim Ryzhenkov has extensive experience of working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. But this is not what I like about you....

Representatives of the Transport Inspectorate of the Belarusian Transport and Communications Ministry and the Federal Authority for Transport Oversight of Russia met in Vitebsk to discuss experience concerning the prevention of crimes among shipping companies, methods for unifying transport industry regulations within the framework of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, BelTA has learned. A working meeting of representatives of the Transport Inspectorate of the Belarusian...

Belarus hopes to join the SCO at the summit in Astana, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Minsk on 25 June and thanked Russia for the support, BelTA has learned "First of all, I would like to praise our Foreign Ministries for the good work. I always say that our Foreign Ministries is an example of work for other agencies on the Union State track. First of all, I am grateful to you for this. But I am especially...

Belarus is ready to discuss security at the border with Poland. Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik made the statement after negotiations with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, BelTA has learned. Sergei Aleinik stressed that the latest statements by the Polish minister of foreign affairs are completely in discord with the statements Poland made several weeks ago when it was suggesting to open additional border crossings. “But unfortunately it is today’s...