A total of 64,089 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.
On 7-8 December, a delegation of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry headed by Minister Vadim Sinyavsky will pay a working visit to the Republic of Cuba at the invitation of Chief of Cuba's Civil Defense National Staff Division General Ramón Pardo Guerra, BelTA learned from the Emergencies Ministry.
Belarus' Consul General in Shanghai Andrei Andreyev and Consul Konstantin Golovko represented Belarus at the SCO's Traditional Medicine Forum in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, BelTA learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission in Shanghai.
The Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG) kicked off its 39th plenary session in Sanya, China on 4 December. The Belarusian delegation is headed by Director of the Financial Monitoring Department of the State Control Committee Vyacheslav Reut, BelTA learned from the State Control Committee.
The Cherikov forestry welcomed new additions - a bison mother and her calf, BelTA learned from the Mogilev State Forestry Production Association.
Belarusian CEC Chairman Igor Karpenko met with CEC Chairperson Ella Pamfilova of Russia in St. Petersburg on 30 November, BelTA has learned.
Minsk shows interest in developing cooperation with Iran at the regional level. Possible areas of cooperation were discussed at the meeting of Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to Belarus Alireza Sanei in Minsk on 29 November, BelTA has learned.
Belarus has ratified the memorandum of the country's commitment to obtain the status of a member state in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) .Law No. 313-Z of 27 November 2023 was officially published on the national legal internet portal, which means the document was signed by the head of state, BelTA has learned.
Minsk is set to host a meeting of the 22nd CIS Intergovernmental Timber Industry and Forestry Council on 29 November, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Forestry Ministry.
International election observation is a form of communication and interaction between experts and professionals in the sector, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Igor Karpenko said in an interview to ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned.