Russia has closed borders for foreigners, because of the pandemic. Those who have a residence permit will be able to enter this country before May 1.
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Belarus has been сooperating with the WHO since the beginning of the epidemic's spread. And there is not a single recommendation that our country hasn't implemented," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Anatoly Glaz, while answering the questions of RIA-news regarding the closure of the Russian border for the citizens of Belarus.
Bilateral cooperation, regional and international issues were discussed today in a telephone conversation by Vladimir Makei and US Secretary Mike Pompeo.
CSTO General Secretary Stanislav Zas and Vladimir Putin discussed the implementation of plans to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and security on the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory.
Supply of Russian energy resources, bilateral trade and development of Eurasian integration was discussed at negotiations between the Prime Ministers of Belarus and Russia in Moscow.
Today, Minsk will host a regular meeting of the Tripartite Contact Group for the settlement of the conflict in the East of Ukraine.
A huge role in this can be played by parliamentarians of both countries, said the Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko at today's meeting with Ambassador of Cuba to Belarus Juan Valdes Figeroa.
The next meeting of the Tripartite Contact Group to resolve the conflict in Eastern Ukraine will be held today in Minsk. The parties will continue to discuss new areas for the disengagement of forces.
Sergei Rumas is going to meet with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin. Negotiations will be held in the house of the Russian Government.
Opera with a mark of zero plus will appear in the repertoire of the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus this week. Play "The Cat House" based on the fairytale by Samuil Marshak is a debut for director Daria Pataturko and art director Yekaterina Shimanovich on the Bolshoi stage.
More than 800 thousand Belarusians will have recreation this year at the expense of the state. And more than half a million additional tours will be sold.
The schedule of the upcoming contacts was discussed by the Prime Ministers of Belarus and Russia today. The telephone conversation was initiated by the Russian side.
The President had a meeting with a parliamentary delegation of Russia, led by the speaker, an old friend of Belarus, Valentina Matviyenko.
Such a statement was made by President Alexander Lukashenko at his meeting with Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas.
Interparliamentary cooperation with the Russian delegation was discussed today in the Council of the Republic, where the speakers of the Senate of the two countries, Natalia Kochanova and Valentina Matvyienko, first spoke face to face and then joined the delegations.
Cooperation between parliamentarians is the basis for expanding the dialogue between official Minsk and Moscow. Strengthening the bilateral partnership was discussed today in the Council of the Republic.
Chairman of the Standing Commission on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives Andrei Savinykh told that. The Belarusian parliament is actively cooperating with other countries, focusing primarily on accelerating the socio-economic development of Belarus.
Belarusian-Russian cooperation is considered by the parliamentarians today. A delegation of the Federation Council headed by the Speaker Valentina Matviyenko will arrive in Minsk.
The efficiency of the country's oil refining complex was discussed with the President today. The government is focused on working with new suppliers of black gold and building logistics for the delivery of raw materials.
Belarus is an important strategic partner for the European Union and is a bridge to strengthening the relationship between the EU and the EAEC.
Belarus is a participant of different associations of the post-Soviet space. The CSTO was headed by |Belarusian Stanislav Zas.
Initiatives of Minsk in the year of its presidency in the Eurasian Economic Union, removal of barriers to integration, real economic integration and Belarusian-Russian relations were discussed today at a meeting between the President and the Head of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Another meeting of the trilateral contact group on resolving the situation in the east of Ukraine was held in Minsk today.
In Minsk, representatives of subgroups of the Tripartite Contact Group for the settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine are starting work at these moments.












