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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...

Speech by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko at the narrow-participation session of the CSTO Collective Security Council First of all, I want to thank you all for speaking and sharing your thoughts on the situation in the region and the world. Here is my take on what is happening. National and collective interests Each of us looks at the world through the prism of national interests. This is understandable and justified. We, the heads of state, bear responsibility for our...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov in the Palace of Independence, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko had also met with Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon in Minsk earlier today. Both leaders arrived in Minsk on the eve of a Collective Security Treaty Organization summit, which is scheduled for 23 November. The session of the CSTO Collective Security Council will be chaired by Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Members of the...