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The results of cooperation between Belarus and St. Petersburg are impressive, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Governor of Russia's St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov in Minsk on 20 April, BelTA has learned.

Belarus began to build concrete roads in the late 1960s. The first such road connected Kalinkovichi and Pinsk. Its length was 250 kilometers. It was the first Class 2 cement concrete road made of monolithic slabs. A concrete section was built on the Moscow-Minsk-Brest highway for the 1980 Olympic Games. Later, the technology was used to build local roads. But after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the concrete roads story in Belarus hit a cul-de-sac. How is the Belarusian government planning to fulfill Lukashenko's instruction to build concrete roads? What is the status of the cement industry in Belarus? What is the advantage of concrete? This and more are in the new episode of the project "After The Fact: Lukashenko's Decisions".

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.114 on matters of state statistics on 18 April. The document is designed to bring the regulation on the National Statistics Committee into compliance with law No.238-3 of 30 December 2022 and to allow state organizations, which are authorized to keep state statistic records, to use the information system of the National Statistics Committee, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to participants and visitors to the 29th international information and communications technology forum TIBO 2023, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state.

We will preserve peace in the country, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Shklov on Easter on 16 April, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed an executive order on encouraging talented young Belarusians on 13 April, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.

The potential for cooperation between Belarus and Tatarstan is enormous, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Head of Russia's Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in Minsk on 13 April, BelTA has learned.

It is necessary to give a new impetus to the development of the IT-industry, and this does not concern only residents of Belarus' Hi-Tech Park (HTP), Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss draft legal acts on the development of the HTP on 11 April, BelTA has learned.

Sixty-two representatives from various fields of activity will be presented with state awards. The corresponding decree was signed by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 10 April, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko held a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Minsk on 10 April. The Russian defense minister arrived in the Belarusian capital following the recent agreements between the two heads of state, BelTA has learned.