President receives credentials from ambassadors of foreign states.

2 октября 2017

Consistent and pragmatic policy helped us normalize and enhance relations with western countries. We have managed to overcome differences and are now building a new platform of cooperation on the basis of mutual respect and balance of interests, Alexander Lukashenko said. The President emphasized that Belarus is a peace-loving, stable and secure state. The absence of religious and ethnic conflicts is the competitive edge of the country on the global economic and political arena. In the dialogue with its partners, Belarus is always committed to the principles of openness, honesty, equality, and justice. Now, when the situation in the world is far fr om calm these approaches are especially valuable, the head of state is convinced.

Moldova is lucky to have brotherly relations with Belarus, said the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Moldova to Belarus Victor Sorochan.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko offered Spain and Sweden to develop investment ties with Belarus

The head of state said that today the Belarusian capital city has gained the status of an efficient negotiations venue, and not only for the discussion of Ukraine-related issues. In 2017, Minsk hosted two high-profile international forums. These are the meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the Central European Initiative wh ere Belarus is presiding for the first time, and the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. “During that session, and then from the rostrum of the United Nations General Assembly our country has voiced an initiative to launch a broad discussion of a new Helsinki process under the aegis of the OSCE which aims to untie the knots of contradictions between states in Euro-Atlantic and Eurasia. We want the Helsinki 2 project to be a success. Dear ambassadors, I am convinced that you will also make your contribution to the formation of the group of like-minded states to promote and implement this important initiative,” the Belarusian leader said. The President added that it is inadmissible to underestimate the uniting power of culture and sport. In 2019 Belarus will host the 2nd European Games, in 2021 our country and Latvia will host the IIHF World Championship.