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On 1 October Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 386 to reward agricultural workers with state awards for services to agricultural industry and excellent performance, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state.

Neither Belarus nor Russia have plans to seize the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting with Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi in Minsk on 1 October, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi on the national holiday - Independence Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The head of state noted that Botswana has achieved political stability and socio-economic growth; its foreign policy is based on the principles of peaceful coexistence, mutual respect and non-interference in internal affairs of sovereign states, the same principles that Belarus is...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko spoke about his most difficult foreign trip during the Open Microphone with the President session with students of the engineering and technical universities of Minsk on 27 September, BelTA has learned. The head of state said that all his foreign trips can be called difficult, because sometimes very intense negotiations take place behind the protocol events. “Perhaps the most difficult was my foreign trip last year when we went to China, and...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave the go-ahead for the appointment of heads of 12 districts across the country, BelTA has learned. The head of state agreed to the appointment of Aleksei Geroyev as Chairman of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, member of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee; Pavel Silivonchik as Chairman of the Kalinkovichi District Executive Committee; Roman Sergun as Chairman of the Vetka District Executive Committee; Aleksandr Versotsky as Chairman of the...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his election as president of Sri Lanka, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “I hope that with your support we will be able to fully utilize our capacities in bilateral cooperation in trade and economy, education, culture, humanitarian affairs and other sectors,” the message of greetings reads.   The head of state suggested that the governments of the two countries update...