Since the start of the year 2023, a total of 399,535 residents of the neighboring EU states of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have taken advantage of the visa waiver to come to Belarus, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is holding talks with Kenyan President William Ruto during his working visit to this country, BelTA has learned.
A total of 64,089 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.
Belarus is making a contribution to strengthening food security of Vietnam, Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh, BelTA has learned.
Belarus and the African Union have agreed to develop a plan and priorities for cooperation. The issue was discussed at the meeting of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kenya, Belarus' Permanent Representative to the African Union Pavel Vzyatkin with Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On 7-8 December, a delegation of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry headed by Minister Vadim Sinyavsky will pay a working visit to the Republic of Cuba at the invitation of Chief of Cuba's Civil Defense National Staff Division General Ramón Pardo Guerra, BelTA learned from the Emergencies Ministry.
Belarus' Consul General in Shanghai Andrei Andreyev and Consul Konstantin Golovko represented Belarus at the SCO's Traditional Medicine Forum in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, BelTA learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission in Shanghai.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to the people of the Republic of Finland as the country celebrates Independence Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.
The Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG) kicked off its 39th plenary session in Sanya, China on 4 December. The Belarusian delegation is headed by Director of the Financial Monitoring Department of the State Control Committee Vyacheslav Reut, BelTA learned from the State Control Committee.
All major cooperation agreements with China should be converted into specific projects, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at Peking University as he met with Hao Ping, Secretary of the CPC Peking University Committee, Chair of the Peking University Council, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, BelTA has learned.
The Cherikov forestry welcomed new additions - a bison mother and her calf, BelTA learned from the Mogilev State Forestry Production Association.
Belarus supports the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind put forward earlier by the Chinese leader, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, BelTA has learned.
Belarusian CEC Chairman Igor Karpenko met with CEC Chairperson Ella Pamfilova of Russia in St. Petersburg on 30 November, BelTA has learned.