The second round of annual consultations between the ministries of foreign affairs of Belarus and Russia about the protection of human rights in international universal and regional organizations took place in Minsk on 30 November, BelTA has learned. The Belarusian delegation was led by Head of the Central Office for Multilateral Diplomacy of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Irina Velichko. The Russian delegation was headed by Director of the Department for Multilateral...

A Belarusian military delegation led by Chief of the Military Education Office of the Armed Forces, Colonel Andrei Klishevich is on a visit to higher military education institutions of Egypt, representatives of the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA. During the visit members of the delegation are expected to hold working meetings with Egyptian colleagues to discuss military personnel training.

Belarus and Vietnam intend to step up cooperation in forensic examination, the press service of the State Forensic Examination Committee of Belarus told BelTA. The committee's delegation led by Chairman Aleksei Volkov is in Vietnam on a visit. The chairman is expected to meet with Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Public Security Minister, Army General To Lam and his deputies. The visit is supposed to bolster the existing friendly relations and expand the potential for...

Since the start of the year 2023, over 389,000 residents of the neighboring EU states of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have taken advantage of the visa waiver to come to Belarus, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Since the start of this year, 389,214 tourists from the neighboring EU states have arrived in Belarus visa-free. This included 234,210 citizens of Lithuania, 89,550 citizens and 27,337 non-citizens of Latvia, and 38,117 Polish citizens. Some...

Belarusian athletes are competing in the Russian Biathlon Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, BelTA has learned. The competition program featured 20 teams from different Russian regions and two Belarusian teams in the mixed relay event on Saturday. Hanna Sola covered her distance in the leading position. Iryna Leshchanka, skiing in the second leg, tagged in third. Mikita Labastau halved the Belarusian team's lagging time but tagged in fifth. Clean-shooting Pavel Belko finished second. The event...