Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

Belarus and China will set up a joint geological center by the end of the year, Belarusian Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Sergei Maslyak told the media before a meeting with Deputy Chief Inspector of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China Chen Chenzhao in Minsk, BelTA has learned.

A Belarusian delegation headed by First Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Aleksandr Korbut is attending the 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in New Delhi, BelTA learned from the press service of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry.

Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Olga Chupris told the Belarus 1 TV channel how Belarus is going to carry out a large-scale overhaul of legislation, BelTA has learned.

Belarus plans to join BRICS as a partner, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov said on the air of the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned. 

The next meeting of the CIS Defense Ministers Council will take place in Minsk on 3 July, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry. 

Minister of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov has arrived on an official visit to the Republic of Belarus, BelTA has learned.

At a plenary session in Novopolotsk on 27 June the participants of the Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia discussed how innovations can help Belarus and Russia achieve technological independence, BelTA has learned.

During his visit to China, Belarus’ Deputy Prime Minister Pyotr Parkhomchik took part in the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Forum on Traditional Medicine in Nanchang in China’s southern Jiangxi Province, BelTA learned from the press service of the Industry Ministry.

Belarus and China are developing friendly relations, and the friendship of the leaders of the countries Aleksandr Lukashenko and Xi Jinping serves as the basis for strengthening Belarusian-Chinese cooperation, Party Secretary of Peking University Hao Ping said at a meeting between Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and representatives of other Chinese universities on 25 June, BelTA has learned.

A total of 103,441 foreign nationals have visited Belarus without visas since 1 January 2024, BelTA has learned from the State Border Committee.
These included 46,346 citizens of Lithuania, 26,694 citizens and 7,875 non-citizens of Latvia, and 22,526 citizens of Poland.