Новости за 22.02.2024

Viktor Khrenin said: “Thanks to tight interaction with Belarus’ defense industry enterprises and to the highest level of military technology cooperation with brotherly Russia over 200 units entered service [with the Belarusian army] last year alone."

“I plan to take part in the election observation in the Russian Federation. In line with preliminary plans, we will leave for Russia on 15 March,” noted Igor Karpenko.

Close attention was paid to forming a package of bilateral documents, which will be approved and signed during a planned state visit of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa to Belarus in 2024.

Brest Oblast is the nation’s leading food producer, including Belarus’ main food products – meat and milk.

The Bolshoi Theater will show The Tsar's Bride opera on 16 March and Scheherazade ballet on 17 March. On the evening of 17 March, the Alexandrovskaya Chamber Hall will host Mozart and Salieri, the composer's one-act opera.

The event involved all faculties and colleges of the Grodno university and also Belarusians outside the country, foreign universities that are partners of the Grodno university, and more than ten diplomatic missions of Belarus.

At the beginning of his speech the Belarusian foreign minister noted that he was very glad to visit this friendly nation again and thanked the Zimbabwean side for the warm welcome for the Belarusian delegation in Harare.

In 2023 almost Br1.089 billion was allocated for energy-saving activities in Belarus, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Standardization - Director of the Energy Efficiency Department Vitaly Kretsky said at the final meeting of the department.

The CIS election observation mission has 238 observers. Of them, 44 observers were sent by the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, 12 by the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, 25 by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State, 4 by the Union State Standing Committee.

The need for the rational use of energy resources is reaching global scale, Vitaly Kretsky, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Standardization (Gosstandart) of Belarus - Director of the Department of Energy Efficiency, told the media ahead of the committee's collegium meeting on 22 February.

Lithuania’s decision to close two more border checkpoints Kotlovka - Lavorishki and Privalka - Raigardas on 1 March 2024 and to restrict passenger traffic is an absolutely politically motivated step, prompted, among other things, by the election campaign considerations, reads a commentary by the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs over Lithuania's plans to close two border checkpoints.

“OSCE/ODIHR issued similar reports long before the elections. Back in May last year, they issued the 'Report on the serious threat to the OSCE human dimension in Belarus since 5 November 2020, where our political reform was presented in a negative frame,” noted Igor Karpenko.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kyrgyzstan will join efforts with the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) to promote exchange trade between Belarus and Kyrgyzstan.

“The program has already drawn to a close; we will soon review its results and analyze what we have achieved. Yet, I can already say that most of the targets have been fulfilled,” emphasized Roman Golovchenko.

Belarus’ Valeriya Yezhova clinched gold in the event with the total of 193.76 points. Bronze went to Belarus’ Yelizaveta Kostyuk (152.56). Darina Maslova from Vladivostok secured silver with 186.91 points.

The ministers reviewed the status of the agreements reached during the state visit of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to Zimbabwe and took stock of the work done during the year by the relevant subgroups on political, economic and social affairs.

The country's national security system is ready to respond to all modern challenges and threats, State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich told the media on 22 February.

The voting process in the country is going normal, Chairman of the Belarusian Central Election Commission of Belarus Igor Karpenko told reporters.

The event is attended by representatives of governments and parliaments of ESCAP participating and observer countries, international organizations, and the diplomatic corps.

The parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of Belarusian-Serbian trade and economic cooperation, and exchanged views on a number of topical issues of mutual interest.

For the duration of the voting period during the parliamentary and local elections, all law enforcement have been put on high alert in the country, State Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich told reporters.

Viktor Khrenin recalled that the decision to hold the joint military exercise on the territory of either Belarus or Russia every two years was made by the leadership of the two countries back in 2009.

"We see their active movement. The commander-in-chief’s task is to stay alert. After all, under the guise of exercises, strike groups can be deployed. This is the most important task for us - to see whether these groups are deployed or not,” Viktor Khrenin said.

“Today we see that Western Europe, led by the United States, is taking a set of measures to prepare for military action. We understand against whom these military actions will be directed,” said Viktor Khrenin.

"The format of the Olympic Games seems to be losing its appeal. Look, no one really wants to host them. Looking at what is happening in the world today, I think such large projects will be replaced by local tournaments," Sergei Kovalchuk believes.