On the evening of 19 February, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation, during which they discussed in greater detail the upcoming meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, BelTA learned from the Belarusian president’s press service.
A meeting of the expert group to finalize and coordinate draft regulations on basic organizations of the CIS member states for researching problems of combating transnational crime, training personnel and improving the qualifications of specialized specialists of border agencies, and ensuring security in the border sector took place at the CIS headquarters in Minsk, BelTA learned from the CIS Executive Committee.
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.60 “On a qualification exam” on 19 February. The decree improves the procedure for organizing the exam for individuals, who apply for civil service positions for the first time, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.
A parliamentary delegation from the Republic of Zimbabwe, led by President of the country’s Senate Mabel Memory Chinomona, has arrived in Belarus on an official visit, BelTA has learned.
On 18 February, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko heard a report from State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich on the progress of a large-scale inspection of the Armed Forces’ combat readiness conducted by order of the head of state, BelTA has learned.
Vladimir Karanik, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB), told the STV channel about the NASB efforts to improve the economic efficiency of scientific research, BelTA has learned.
The progress of the One District, One Project initiative is the benchmark for assessing the performance of regional and district leadership, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he received the government’s performance report for 2025, BelTA has learned.
Belarusian diplomats in Uzbekistan took part in commemorative events dedicated to the 37th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, BelTA learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission in Tashkent.
Belarus and Russia cannot lose the common Fatherland from Brest to Vladivostok, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during the meeting with State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Sergey Glazyev in Minsk on 16 February, BelTA has learned.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kazakhstan Aleksei Bogdanov met with Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan Akmaral Alnazarova on 12 February, the Belarusian diplomatic mission in Astana told BelTA.