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. "You just mentioned the Belt and Road. I came to the conclusion a long time ago that the Belt and Road Initiative is, as you said, no longer a concept today. It is already a practice. In progress. No one can argue with this today, and no...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has arrived at the UN Climate Summit in Dubai, BelTA has learned. In Expo City the Belarusian head of state was welcomed by UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and UN Secretary General António Guterres. All in all, about 150 heads of state and government are expected to attend the summit on 1-2 December. A plenary session will open after the photo ceremonies and the opening of the summit. Aleksandr Lukashenko is expected to voice...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decrees to approve draft agreements with Equatorial Guinea as the basis for negotiations, BelTA has learned. In particular, a draft intergovernmental agreement on encouragement and mutual protection of investments was approved. The Economy Ministry was authorized to conduct negotiations on this document. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was authorized to sign the agreement if the parties come to terms within limits of the approved draft....

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized the need to intensify cooperation with Venezuela as he met with Venezuela's Vice President - Minister of Planning Ricardo Menendez in Minsk on 28 November, BelTA has learned. “I am pleased to meet with you. We have known each other for a long time, and you know Belarus well,” the Belarusian leader said at the beginning of the meeting. “We started from scratch during the life of our mutual friend Hugo Chavez. We have done a lot,...

The foreign policy agenda, and the head of state's forthcoming visits and international meetings were discussed at the meeting of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko with the officials of the government and the Belarus President Administration on 27 November, BelTA has learned. “The topic of our today's conversation is international meetings and talks. You know that the year was tense, especially its summer and autumn period. We had to postpone a number of visits to a later...

The visit of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to the United Arab Emirates at the beginning of this year was an important stage in Belarus-UAE cooperation, Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a reception on 23 November to mark the 52nd anniversary of the UAE founding, BelTA reports. “During a fruitful meeting with President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, key strategies to expand cooperation in the near future were...