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The foreign policy pursued by Poland can result in an uncontrolled escalation in Europe, BelTA learned from Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz. The other day Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski identified priorities of the ministry within the framework of Poland’s presidency over the European Union that will take place in H1 2025. A lot of attention is paid to Belarus: Poland intends to support and expand sanctions, reinforce the...

Representatives of the governments of Belarus and Oman signed documents on cooperation and outlined roadmaps by sectors  during the visit of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to Muscat, BelTA learned. A memorandum of understanding in the field of industrial cooperation was signed between the Belarusian Industry Ministry and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion of the Sultanate of Oman. The parties also sealed a memorandum of understanding between the Omani...

The CIS will open its election observation to monitor the presidential election in Belarus on 18 December, CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev told reporters, BelTA learned. “We are opening the mission tomorrow. The election observation center in the CIS Executive Committee is already up and running. We have received an invitation from the Republic of Belarus and are deploying this mission,” Sergei Lebedev said. The presidential election in Belarus is scheduled for 26 January 2025....

Belarus hopes to use SOHAR port and freezone for joint projects with Oman, Belarusian Industry Minister Aleksandr Yefimov told the media, BelTA learned.  Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and members of the Belarusian delegation toured SOHAR port and freezone.  “The purpose of the visit to SOHAR port and freezone is to select a site for joint ventures and the project to establish a hub of Belarusian industrial goods in the Sultanate of Oman in order to promote our goods to the...

The Belarusian women’s football team is 50th in the recently published rankings of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), BelTA has learned. In early December, Belarus twice beat Uzbekistan in Tashkent – 1-0 and 3-0. Belarus’ women's national team scored 1495.84 rating points at the end of this year. The list of women's national teams is topped by the U.S. football team, with Spain going second, Germany - third, England - fourth place. Sweden closes the top...

Historical memory is among the strategic national interests of Belarus, State Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich said at the 2nd international conference dedicated to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, BelTA learned. “Today we see the world stability and the established system of international regional security crumble. New risks, challenges and threats to national security are emerging. We once again hear armored...