Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

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.

A parade unit of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan has arrived in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry.

Over 15 international delegations visited the international expo of security industry “National security. Belarus 2024”. Deputy State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Rakhmanov made the statement before the 4th international applied science conference on the main directions for improving the national security system, BelTA has learned.

Pakistan will continue to cooperate with Belarus in the common pursuit of sustainable development, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Belarus Sajjad Haider Khan told BelTA on the sidelines of the second National Forum on Sustainable Development in Minsk on 19 June. 

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave an instruction to introduce additional financial incentives for working pensioners, Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus Yuri Senko told reporters following his meeting with the head of state on 19 June, BelTA has learned.

The airlines of the two countries carried over 600,000 passengers between Minsk and Russian regions in January-May 2024. This is 27% more than in the corresponding period a year ago, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Transport and Communications Ministry.

The government of Russia’s Orenburg Oblast thanked the government of Belarus for providing humanitarian assistance in the wake of devastating floods, BelTA learned from the Belarusian government.

Belarus has always supported Cuba in its aspiration to be an independent, sovereign state, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova said as she met with the Cuban delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz on 12 June, BelTA has learned.