Youth plays an important role in strengthening Belarusian-Chinese relations, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Belarus Xie Xiaoyong said at the concert celebrating the Lantern Festival at the BSU Lyceum, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.72 on 28 February to approve a draft Belarus-Russia intergovernmental agreement on the procedure for recognizing digital signatures in digital documents in the course of transboundary digital interaction as the basis for negotiations, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.

Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin congratulated the Belarusian patriotic forces on their victory in the elections, reads a statement posted on the website of the lower house of the Russian parliament, BelTA has learned. 

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko sent greetings to the participants of the final of the Golden Puck national ice hockey tournament among children and teenagers for the prizes of the President of the Republic of Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The CIS Foreign Ministers Council is set to hold its meeting in Minsk on 12 April, CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev told the media on 27 February, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to President Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona of the Dominican Republic as the country celebrates Independence Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

China respects the choice of the Belarusian people, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Mao Ning told a briefing, TASS reports.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko praised an unexpectedly high turnout in the recent parliamentary and local elections in Belarus as he met with CIS Secretary General, head of the CIS observation mission Sergei Lebedev on 26 February, BelTA has learned.

There is a high voter turnout in the parliamentary and local elections in Belarus, Chairman of the Belarusian Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko said during a meeting with Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Tajikistan Bakhtiyor Khudoyorzoda in Minsk on 23 February, BelTA has learned. 

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to his compatriots, soldiers and veterans of the Armed Forces on the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus marked on 23 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

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