Новости за 22.01.2024

Sergei Aleinik said: “It is in this historical moment that we secure a place for our Belarus in the new system of international relations. How strong Belarus’ voice will be in the international arena, how successfully our country will continue developing depends on how well we will work.”

Artak Kamalyan, Member of the Board (Minister) for Industry and Agribusiness of the Eurasian Economic Commission, which is in charge of developing and introducing the new mechanism, explained in detail how the program on supporting multilateral projects will be implemented.

The cyclists competed for medals in the Russian championship during several days. Belarus' Hanna Tserakh claimed gold in the women's event. She was victorious in the first, second and third stages, coming second in the final fourth stage.

Since the start of the visa-waiver initiative, 811,183 foreigners have visited Belarus visa-free, including 500,937 citizens of Lithuania, 186,951 citizens and 56,617 non-citizens of Latvia, and 66,678 citizens of Poland.

The new company will produce enzyme preparations and other bioactive substances of microbiological origin. The company plans to export its output to the Russian Federation and other EAEU countries, as well as North Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.

"If you are under 27, you study at a Belarusian university and have the Belarusian citizenship, are interested in international relations, foreign policy and economics, know that ‘agrément’ is not a cooking term, and ‘alternat’ is not a spell to summon demons, you are strongly encouraged to take part in our contest," the organizers wrote.

“We have prepared a draft resolution of the Supreme State Council. It envisages the establishment of a single media company of the Union State that will take over coordination and publication of information in the printed press, on a TV channel and on a website (it will get a priority),” the state secretary said.

The talks focused on possible ways to intensify bilateral trade and economic cooperation, as well as interaction in other areas. The diplomats pointed to the growth of bilateral trade over the past year and the potential to increase it further.

“In line with the forecast, our GDP growth target was 3.8%, we did slightly better than that and posted a growth of 3.9%. Many sectors contributed to this, but the growth came mostly on the back of the manufacturing industry that drives and powers the development of other industries,” Yuri Chebotar said.

There are plans to approve the main areas for the implementation of the Union State Treaty for a new three-year period and to allow the Council of Ministers to approve plans for joint work.

According to the minister, the president demanded, first of all, maintaining stable operation of all enterprises regardless of the form of ownership. Therefore, a foreign owner can leave the Belarusian market and sell their share, but this company must continue successful operation in the country.

The Chinese businessman said: “Last year we bought over 142,000m3 of sawn timber from the commodity exchange. Nearly 4 times as much as the year before that. This year we will continue increasing purchases and may explore other commodity groups.”

“The priority issue is the implementation of the Union State programs. We have always said that we are doing a good job here. The conversation will be serious and principled,” the head of state remarked.

“At first, it looked like huge opportunities were opening up in the Russian market, and they indeed emerged,” Yuri Chebotar said. “But they opened up to all countries friendly to Russia, so we ended up facing an even tougher competition than before,” the economy minister said.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko will meet with State Secretary of the Belarus-Russia Union State Dmitry Mezentsev, BelTA has learned.

Africa is rethinking the reality and is gradually moving away from Western influence, Belarus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik told the STV television channel, BelTA has learned.

The 6th round of political consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar took place in Doha on 21 January, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated active and retired employees of Belarus’ diplomatic service on their professional holiday, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Belarus’ Economy Minister Yuri Chebotar told the Belarus 1 TV channel about the strategic initiatives of the Economy Ministry and new approaches to investment activity in the country, BelTA has learned.

Belarus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik told the STV television channel about promising avenues of cooperation between Belarus and African countries, BelTA has learned.