Dmitry Mironchik, Press Secretary of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus: "Instead of constructive dialogue and seeking mutual advantage, our neighbors prefer to invent new measures to demonstrate their inflexibility and readiness for confrontation, in every possible way try to create a scandalous image for the construction industry.
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On the eve of the official visit of the Belarusian Leader to India, journalists of the program The Main Air have met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India in Belarus.
This was announced today in Tallinn by Deputy Foreign Minister of our country Oleg Kravchenko at an informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the EU and the countries participating in the initiative.
The informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the EU member states and the Eastern Partnership initiative was held In Tallinn.
There is no sincere interest on the part of Western partners in obtaining objective information about the Belarusian-Russian exercise Zapad 2017.
Amid growing regional turbulence the 10th international conference the Future of the Eastern Partnership is taking place in Minsk today.
International experts appreciate the peacekeeping initiatives of Belarus, including the organization of negotiations on a peaceful settlement of conflict in Donbass.
Today the Belarusian capital was visited by Michael Edward, Mayor of the British twin city. The guests were interested in the experience of electrical transport development.
The Belarusian-Russian exercises West-2017 do not threaten NATO countries. This was stated by the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Estonia.
International experts will gather in Minsk today to discuss prospects of future development of the Eastern Partnership. Diplomats, scientists, and analysts will sum up the results of the initiative over the course of 8 years and will assess whether it has become a full-fledged forum for the development of relations with its partners.
Over the past two weeks, the so-called "school truce" in the Donbass has helped reduce the number of violations of the ceasefire by 67%.
In Minsk, a regular meeting of the Tripartite Contact Group on the settlement of the conflict in the southeast of Ukraine was completed in the OSCE-Ukraine-Russia format.
First of all participants of the contact group will analyze the situation with the implementation of the Treaty on the so-called school truce.
The main topic of the meeting of Gennady Zyuganov with the representatives of the Communist Party of Belarus was the oncoming congress in late September, when the communists from 70 countries will come to Minsk.
Budapest hosted a meeting of foreign ministers of the Eastern Partnership countries and the Vyshegrad group. Vladimir Makei, the head of the external political department, represented our country.
Today, a meeting of foreign ministers of the countries of the Eastern Partnership and the Visegrad Group will take place in Budapest.
The summit of the CIS heads of state will be held in November in Tashkent. Its agenda will include such issues as the functioning of the free trade zone, the fight against international cartels, as well as cooperation in combating terrorism.
The summit of the CIS heads of state will be held in November in Tashkent. Provisionally, the agenda includes issues related to the free trade zone, as well as cooperation in combating terrorism and extremism.
Expansion of the inter-parliamentary dialogue between Belarus and Egypt was discussed today at a meeting in the Council of the Republic.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi plans to visit Belarus. The dates for the visit are being agreed upon through diplomatic channels, Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry told the media after the talks with Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei in Minsk on 28 August.
The Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei discussed specific issues of cooperation and talked about interaction in industry, agriculture, science, culture, and tourism.
Minsk hosts meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on settlement of situation in the East of Ukraine. It is expected that the parties will agree on a truce in Donbas with regard to the beginning of a new school year.
Today, a meeting will be held between Kurt Volker, the US Special Representative for Ukraine, and a Russian representative.












