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The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Russian Academy of Sciences have signed an agreement on cooperation in science, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Tanzania is interested in Belarusian pharmaceutical industry competences and offers support in investing in the pharmaceutical sector, Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania Kassim Majaliwa Majaliwa said at a meeting with Belarusian Healthcare Minister Aleksandr Khodzhayev. The meeting was hosted by the Belmedpreparaty pharmaceutical company, BelTA learned.

Speaker of the Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf may visit Belarus before the end of the year, head of the Belarus-Iran parliamentary cooperation group at the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran Ali Asghar Bagherzadeh said during a meeting with Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Vadim Ipatov said in Minsk on 21 July, BelTA learned.

Additional high-speed Lastochka trains will be launched between Minsk and Moscow, the press service of the Belarusian Embassy in Russia told BelTA following a meeting between Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik and Head of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov on 17 July.

Diagnostic checks are currently underway at the second power unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP), the Energy Ministry told BelTA.

Chairman of the Belarusian State Authority for Military Industry Dmitry Pantus held talks with Director of the Russian Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEK) Vladimir Selin in Moscow on 16 July, BelTA learned from the Belarusian State Authority for Military Industry.

Belarus’ Sports and Tourism Minister Sergei Kovalchuk has met with Chairman of the Physical Culture and Sports Committee of the Government of St. Petersburg Anton Shantyr, BelTA learned from the press service of the Sports and Tourism Ministry.

The Days of St. Petersburg will be held in Minsk on 14-15 July, BelTA learned from the press service of the Minsk City Executive Committee.

A meeting of the expert group to draft a protocol to amend and supplement the cooperation agreement on public health protection was held at the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on 10 July, the press service of the CIS Executive Committee told BelTA.

Belarus handed over four state-of-the-art firefighting vehicles manufactured by the Belarusian enterprise Pozhsnab to Voronezh Oblast, Russia. The ceremony took place on the main square of the regional capital on 11 July, attended by Belarus’ Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik and Voronezh Oblast Governor Aleksandr Gusev, BelTA has learned.