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Belarus and Uzbekistan have approved a tourism cooperation roadmap through 2028, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Union of the Tourism Industry of Belarus.

Belarusian builders have commissioned the Sozvezdie – Suzorie multidisciplinary education center in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The opening ceremony on 1 September was attended by Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Governor Gleb Nikitin and Arzamas Mayor Aleksandr Shchelokov, the press service of the Belarusian diplomatic mission told BelTA.

Vadim Makhanko, Director General of the Scientific and Practical Center for Potato and Vegetable Growing of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB), revealed varieties of domestic potatoes popular among Belarusians in the Vremya Pervogo [Time of the First] project on the First News TV channel, BelTA has learned.

The Polesie State Radioecological Reserve and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) intend to expand cooperation, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BelTA.

The member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) are preparing a joint anti-drug strategy for 2026-2030. The draft strategy was presented at the Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states, which was held in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul Region as part of Kyrgyzstan’s CSTO chairmanship, the CSTO press service told BelTA.

The first meeting of the expert group to coordinate draft regulations for the interstate program titled CIS Fair was held at the CIS Executive Committee Office in Moscow, BelTA learned from the Economic Cooperation Department of the CIS Executive Committee.

Belarus is seeing a reduction in pollutant emissions into the air, Yelena Meleshkova, Deputy Head of Environmental Policy, Science and Information Department at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection said during a press conference, BelTA learned.

Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin discussed the development of tourism with Russia during a meeting with Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, BelTA learned.

Russia’s St. Petersburg is hosting the CIS Film Days as part of the 6th International Lendoc Film Festival. The event, which will run until 24 August, is organized by Roskino with the support of Russia’s Culture Ministry and the Lendoc film studio, BelTA learned from Roskino.

Representatives of the Belarusian BRSM Youth Union exchanged experience, discussed youth entrepreneurship, and explored potential employment opportunities for Belarusian student teams in Kazakhstan during the SCO Youth Forum in Russia’s Omsk, Press Secretary of the BRSM Central Committee  Yekaterina Lakisova told BelTA.