The National Research Center for Pediatric Surgery will open in Belarus in 2015. The decision was formalized by Council of Ministers’ Resolution No. 1211 passed on 20 December 2014, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government. The center will incorporate the pediatric heart surgery division of the Cardiology National Research Center and the children’s surgery center of Minsk City Teaching Hospital No. 1. Every year the Cardiology National Research Center...

The country needs military security, social and political stability, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the meeting of the Security Council of Belarus on 16 December, BelTA has learned. According to Alexander Lukashenko, the meeting will focus on Belarus’ defense plan. The President stressed that Belarus should develop and strengthen its defense capacities. “Everybody should understand that no one will be allowed to talk to Belarus from a position of force. We are not...

A Belarusian delegation participated in the first conference “Doing business with the Eurasian Economic Union" which took place in Washington, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry. The Belarusian delegation included the deputy director of the foreign economy department - head of the foreign trade policy directorate of the Foreign Minsitry Roman Sobolev and Charge d'Affaires of Belarus in the United States Pavel Shidlovsky. The conference was...

Belarus believes in peaceful settlement of the situation in Middle East, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Alexander Mikhnevich said as he spoke at the event held on 1 December to mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, BelTA has learned. Alexander Mikhnevich stressed: “Belarus is convinced that the Palestinians’ inherent right for an independent and territorially integral state coexisting with Israel in peace and security within the internationally...

Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Viktor Guminsky, who leads the Belarusian parliament delegation on a visit to Czechia, met with representatives of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, the press service of the lower chamber of the Belarus parliament told BelTA. Interparliamentary cooperation was discussed at the meeting with Vojtech Filip, Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech parliament. The...

A possibility of setting up clusters of Turkish companies at the free economic zones (FEZs) of Belarus was discussed at the international business forum “Turkey – Trading Bridge 2014” in Izmir on 14 November, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus.