MINSK, 28 July (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to Peru President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski as the country celebrates Independence Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. Alexander Lukashenko reaffirmed Belarus’ interest in the development of bilateral relations relying on friendship and mutual understanding with Peru. “Our countries have all tools for the expansion of cooperation in various fields,” the message of...

The possibility of letting foreigners enter Belarus without visas for sanatorium treatment is still under consideration, BelTA learned from Gennady Bolbatovsky, Director of the National Center for Recreation and Sanatorium Treatment of the Population, on 12 July. “The possibility is under consideration. The relevant presidential decree is going through the adjustment and approval process. The item is still on the agenda,” said the official. The official mentioned a heightened interest...

Belarus and Russia needs to improve their investment climate, State Secretary of the Union State Grigory Rapota said in an interview to the Belarus One TV channel, BelTA has learned. “It is highly important to pay attention to the development of science and technology, create a good investment climate. These are the tasks for Belarus and Russia. If they are addressed, and I believe it is vital today, we will have a bright future,” noted Grigory Rapota. The State Secretary of the Union...

MINSK, 30 June (BelTA) - Redenomination will make daily life of people simpler, head of the IMF Mission for Belarus Peter Dohlman told media on 30 June, BelTA has learned. “Probably the redenomination will make our daily life simpler. At least it will be much easier for the IMF mission to perform calculations when four zeros are removed,” Peter Dohlman noted. He said that he is looking forward to the moment when he sees the new Belarusian money. He believes that the government...

TASHKENT, 24 June (BelTA-TASS) – The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states have coordinated the SCO admission obligations for India and Pakistan. The relevant memorandums were signed at the SCO summit in Tashkent on 24 June. Russian President’s aide Yuri Ushakov earlier told media that India and Pakistan were expected to get the SCO membership during the organization’s summit in Kazakhstan on 7-8 June 2017. The SCO heads of state also signed a...

MINSK, 17 June (BelTA) - An efficient compact state apparatus will be created in Belarus by 2020, reads Belarus’ draft social and development program for 2016-2020, which is to be discussed at the 5th Belarusian People’s Congress, BelTA has learned. “The most advanced enterprise will be inefficient only is the management is poor. Therefore, in the current five-year period Belarus, along with the efforts to promote integrated modernization of main industries and to accelerate the...

MINSK, 10 June (BelTA) – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Igor Petrishenko sees prospects for Belarusian exports to the Russian market in the supplies of new types of products. The diplomat made the statement during the ONT TV show on 9 June, BelTA has learned. According to the Ambassador, Belarusian companies have been expanding the assortment of supplies to Russia through modified equipment, new brands of food products, high-technology goods that win the...

MINSK, 3 June (BelTA) – A single antimonopoly body, the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade, is set up on the basis of the Belarusian Trade Ministry. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed corresponding decree No. 188 “Concerning antimonopoly regulation and trade bodies” on 3 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The ministry will include the Pricing Policy Department of the Economy Ministry, antimonopoly and pricing policy departments...

MINSK, 27 May (BelTA) – A delegation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Oman led by Chairman of the Chamber Saeed Al Kiyumi is in Belarus on a visit, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI). It is expected that the Oman delegation will meet with Belarus Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov, Trade Minister Vladimir Koltovich, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Valentin Rybakov, and representatives of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce...

MINSK, 20 May (BelTA) – Belarus and the Czech Republic outlined new promising areas of cooperation at the meeting of the mixed commission on economic, industrial and sci-tech cooperation and the business forum that took place in Minsk, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting was chaired by Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yevgeny Shestakov and Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Jiri Koliba. The parties...