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The events NATO is staging around Belarus' borders represent reconnaissance and exploration of the possible future theater of war. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during the conference held at premises of the Defense Ministry on 26 May to discuss military security, BelTA has learned.

Pakistani business is interested in direct supplies of Belarusian woodworking products, BelTA learned from the National Center for Marketing and Price Study of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Belarusian timber enjoys high demand in Pakistan: total timber imports exceed $100 million annually. “Belarusian woodworking products are well-known in Pakistan and are highly praised for their quality (in 2021 their exports exceeded $2 million).

Belarus has always been the place where the interests of major players have clashed, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting in the Defense Ministry of Belarus to discuss military security issues on 26 May, BelTA has learned. «A few years ago I said that our big problem is the geographical location. The Lord has put us in the center of the European continent. No matter what happens here, Belarus has always been the place where the interests of major players have clashed.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has offered condolences to the people of the United States of America over the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “It was with deep pain that Belarus learned the news about the numerous victims, the absolute majority of whom were children, of the ruthless massacre at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

Belarus will face unprecedented economic, political and even military pressure, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting in the Defense Ministry of Belarus to discuss military security issues on 26 May, BelTA has learned. The head of state emphasized the need to discuss topical issues on adjusting the areas of further development of the Armed Forces under the present-day conditions. “The current events in the neighboring countries testify to the high dynamics of changes in the threats to the military security of Belarus, with the views on the use of military force and methods of armed struggle being transformed,” the Belarusian leader said. The president pointed out that the United States and its satellites continued the course on aggravation of relations with the whole world. In his words, there is a heated confrontation with Russia, increasing military presence near Belarus, as an ally of Russia, including large-scale exercises near its borders.

In January-March 2022, Belarus' export of merchandise and services rose by 4.8% year-on-year up to $10.824 billion, BelTA learned from the website of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB). In January-March 2022 Belarus' foreign trade totaled $20.658 billion, up by 4% year-on-year. Import amounted to $9.834 billion (up by 3.3%).

The International Affairs Commission of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus has passed a statement on the unacceptability of the desecration of memory of the warriors, who freed Europe from fascism, the press service of the lower chamber of the Belarusian parliament told BelTA. The International Affairs Commission resolutely condemns the campaign recently la

Foreign investors poured $3.4 billion in investments into the real sector of the Belarusian economy in Q1 2022, BelTA learned from the National Statistics Committee. The main investors in Belarusian corporations were commercial entities from Russia (37.7% of all the incoming investments), Cyprus (22.9%), Netherlands (8%), and Ukraine (6.6%). Foreign direct investments amounted to $3 billion, 88.8% of all the foreign investments.

Belarus' entire policy should be based on fairness. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he made a number of personnel appointments on 13 May, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “People are the most important thing. I kindly ask you to work with people.

Belarus has renewed its focus on cooperation with the friendly countries in the East, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said in an interview with Al Arabiya TV channel, BelTA has learned. «I would not call it a pivot to the East. It is more about renewing our focus on cooperation with the countries that work with us based on mutual respect, benefits, partnership, without imposing any paradigms of thinking, models of behavior or lecturing us about our domestic policy, where we are respected as a partner,» Roman Golovchenko said. Belarus has always tried to maintain equal and fairly symmetrical relations with all countries, the prime minister stressed.

Commodity flows will be re-channeled from Western countries and Ukraine into friendly nations, mostly Russia and China, First Deputy Economy Minister of Belarus Yuri Chebotar said at the meeting of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee to discuss the region's industrial sector, BelTA has learned. “Foreign trade has reached a state of balance and we believe this balance will be preserved. Over the past three months, the export grew by 4.8% year-on-year, the trade surplus approached $1 billion. As far as manufacturing is concerned, this sector was affected by the sanctions the most, but at the same time it quickly bounced back despite the unfavorable environment.

There can be any kind of provocations from Ukraine, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus Igor Korol told the STV TV channel, BelTA informs. “There is objective evidence suggesting that American counter-battery stations are deployed near our border in the Ovruch area. To date, Ukraine has amassed about 10,000 troops against the Republic of Belarus in the Rovno direction. There are 6,000 of them i

Belarusian agricultural workers have planted buckwheat on 37.5% of the planned area, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 16 May, spring crops were planted on the area of 1,912,700 hectares, which is 86.1% of the plan. Planting was done on 98.6% of the designated area in Brest Oblast, 88.4% of the area in Vitebsk Oblast, 74% of the area in Gomel Oblast, and 94.6% in Grodno Oblast, 89.6% in Minsk Oblast, and 70.2% in Mogilev Oblast.

More than 300 Ukrainian nationals arrived in Belarus past weekend, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee. “From 6.00 on 14 May to 6.00 on 16 May, 324 citizens of Ukraine came to Belarus: 3 from Ukraine, 259 — from Poland, 57 – from Lithuania, 5 – from Latvia,” the State Border Committee said.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has arrived in Moscow for a working visit. The plane of the head of state landed in Vnukovo International Airport, BelTA has learned. On 16 May Moscow will host the Summit of the Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states.

Belarus is in favor of the fastest possible settlement of the Ukraine conflict through diplomacy, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said at the CIS Foreign Ministers Council meeting in Dushanbe on 13 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vladimir Makei emphasized in his speech that Belarus stands for the fastest possible settlement of the conflict through diplomacy taking into consideration the balance of interests. It also advocates the creation of a balanced and sustainable European security mechanism. The minister noted that attempts to limit the participatio

I am going to discuss import substitution at the upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov in Minsk on 12 May, BelTA has learned. «Our relations have always been about oil, gas, trade, supplies, market and so on. I have repeatedly noted that what has been happening lately is a blessing in disguise. After all, these issues are being addressed in our country.

The IT sector of Belarus and Russia should develop their own products rather than work in the interests of major foreign companies, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov, BelTA has learned. “I think that Russia and Belarus can do a lot here. We need to encourage our IT specialists to produce end products, rather than to be at beck and call of big companies.

Now is the right moment to promote cooperative ties with Khabarovsk Territory and other regions of Russia, President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Khabarovsk Territory Governor Mikhail Degtyaryov, BelTA has learned. The head of state noted that distance is no longer an obstacle for promoting trade and economic cooperation. “We have good means of communication. Therefore, we should trade, as trade is the basis of any economy.

The IT industry in Belarus will continue developing, including the Hi-Tech Park. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Boris Gryzlov, BelTA has learned. Prospects of manufacturing cooperation, import substitution, including in the sphere of information technologies, were discussed during the meeting.

The conflict in Ukraine should be resolved on the basis of a balance of interests of three countries: Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei told the media in Minsk on 6 May, BelTA has learned. «Our principled position is that the negotiations should be conducted with the participation of the parties that are affected by the situation in our region. These are Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Work on the 28 Union State programs, approved by the presidents of Belarus and Russia last year, is in full swing. Most of them should be finalized by 1 July 2022, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko told the media after a ceremony to lay a wreath from the Embassy of Belarus at the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on 6 May, BelTA has learned. The ambassador recalled that the heads of state also approved the program for further implementation of the Union State Treaty through 2024. “We have three years to develop the material basis of the Union State.

Former Belarus leader Stanislav Shushkevich, the man who broke the news to Mikhail Gorbachev that the Soviet Union was being consigned to history, has died at the age of 87, Belarusian media quoted his wife as saying on Wednesday. Shushkevich was one of the three main actors, with Russian president Boris Yeltsin and Ukraine's Leonid Kravchuk, at a meeting in a Belarusian hunting lodge in December 1991 at which they sounded the death knell of the former superpower led by Gorbachev. «The USSR as a geopolitical reality, and as a subject of international law, has ceased to exist,» they said in a joint statement announcing the formation of a new Commonwealth of Independent States.

Great Victory has become an integral part of the national idea, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of Great Victory at the Victory Monument in Minsk on 9 May, BelTA has learned. «I wish you Happy Great Victory Day. This victory helped to preserve the Belarusian people and predetermined the path of development of all generations of Belarusians. It has become an integral part of the national idea,» Aleksandr Lukashenko said.