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The Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs is open to dialogue and is ready to consider any areas of mutually beneficial cooperation with Iraqi law enforcers, Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Kubrakov said at a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Abdul Amir Al-Shammari, BelTA was informed in the Interior Ministry.  The delegation of the Iraqi Interior Ministry arrived in Belarus to discuss the state and prospects of bilateral cooperation, to study the issues of ensuring public order at...

Tennis player Aryna Sabalenka and trampolinist Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya were named Belarus’ Female Athletes of the Year 2024 at the National Olympic Committee Awards ceremony in Minsk on 25 December, BelTA learned. Sabalenka started the year 2024 with a victory at the Australian Open and became the first tennis player after Victoria Azarenka to defend the title in Melbourne. In September, Sabalenka won the US Open for the first time in her career. Also last season, Aryna reached the...

In January-November 2024, Belarusian enterprises increased export sales to Russia through the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) by 9.5 times. The total amount of exchange transactions over 11 months amounted to $771.3 million, with 91% of supplies coming from the agro-industrial complex, Deputy Head of Foreign Economic Relations at BUCE German Puzyrny said as he spoke at the seminar “25 Years of the Union State. Results and Prospects of Industrial Dialogue Development” in...

We see great prospects for car production in the Union State of Belarus and Russia, Belarusian Industry Minister Aleksandr Yefimov told the media, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Yefimov emphasized that the plans to ramp up car production in Belarus meet the market needs and goals. "Our joint market is large enough to absorb car production capacities both in our country and in Russia," he said. According to the minister, the Union State car market is quite large. Over 1.5 million new cars...

The human rights commissioners of Russia and Ukraine exchanged parcels and letters for prisoners of war on the territory of Belarus, Russian human rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said in her Telegram channel, BelTA learned. “The human rights commissioners of Russia and Ukraine handed over 1,500 Christmas packages for Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war and letters from their families and friends within the framework of a joint humanitarian action in Belarus,” Tatyana...

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...