There is a proposal to increase the length of the parliamentary term from four to five years, Chairman of the Constitutional Commission, Chairman of the Constitutional Court Piotr Miklashevich said on 21 July, BelTA has learned.

In order to protect the domestic enterprises Belarus needs to use more actively the mechanisms of international organizations, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss Belarus' current foreign policy priorities, BelTA has learned.

New challenges require of Belarus not only prompt measures but also a forward-looking well-crafted multifaceted approach, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said at a seminar for heads of diplomatic missions and consular offices of Belarus, BelTA has learned.

From the stage of the Slavianski Bazaar festival, Belarusians urge states and nations to build bridges, not walls, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the opening ceremony of the 30th edition of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk on 15 July, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin have had a telephone conversation to discuss the entire range of bilateral relations, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government.

Russia is Belarus' closest ally, therefore the presidents of Belarus and Russia discuss security matters in all their detail and complexity, political scientist Aleksei Belyayev told the SB.

Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia will attend events of the 30th edition of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, BelTA learned from the press service of the Parliamentary Assembly.