Belarus News

Qatar and Belarus yesterday signed minutes of their first Qatar-Belarus Joint Committee meeting.

The Customs Union members, i.e. Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia, have for the first time agreed to delegate part of their sovereignty to a supranational body, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.

" Iran Central Bank governor arrived in Belarus capital, Minsk, on Wednesday to explore ways for expanding economic cooperation between the two countries.

Minsk, Nov 19 Belarussian Trade Minister Valentin Chekanov analyzed with Cuban Ambassador to Minsk, Alfredo Nieves, the development of the bilateral commercial relations between Cuba and Belarus Thursday in this capital.

The presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will sign a deal on a Customs Union between the three ex-Soviet republics in Minsk on November 27, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.

Russia and Belarus shall reinforce their military cooperation, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday.

Kazakhstan, Astana, Nov. 23 / Trend News, K. Konyrova /

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay an official visit to the Republic of Belarus on Nov. 25-26, Kazakh Foreign Ministry's official Yerzhan Ashykbayev said at a briefing on Monday.

South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity said the former Georgian republic "anticipates" its recognition by Belarus, but "does not insist" on an immediate decision.

Youth activists in Minsk have held a so-called "orange" protest against the government of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.

Belarus will be able to extract natural gas at gas fields in Venezuela, the Venezuelan ambassador to the ex-Soviet republic said on Wednesday.

Georgia urged fellow former Soviet republic Belarus today not to follow Russia in recognizing the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.

Date : Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:53:10 +0400 ARMENIAN-BELARUSIAN TRADING HOUSE TO BE OPENED IN YEREVAN National Legal Internet Portal Nov 17 2009 Belarus MINSK, 17 November - The Ar-Be Armenian-Belarusian trading house, a joint Belarusian-Armenian company, has been established in Yerevan, BelTA learnt from the spokeswoman for the Belgospischeprom concern ...

Georgia, Tbilisi, Nov. 18 / Trend News N.Kirtzkhalia /

Belarus is avoiding hard decisions concerning the recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia through the use of diplomatic maneuvering, Georgian State Reintegration Minister Temur Yakobashvili said before a governmental meeting today.

Date : Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:25:22 PST Interfax, Russia Nov 12 2009 Belarusian leader urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to settle conflict without mediators Minsk, 11 November: Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka believes that Armenia and Azerbaijan can resolve the problem of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict by themselves, without pinning their hopes on ...

Georgia, Tbilisi, Nov. 17 / corr. Trend News N.Kirtzkhalia

Belarusian National Assembly representatives will pay a working visit to Georgia on Nov. 17

Georgia, Tbilisi, Nov. 16 / corr. Trend News N.Kirtzkhalia

Belarusian National Assembly representatives will pay a business visit to Georgia on Nov. 17

The Indonesian government invited Belarusian students to study in its universities through a scholarship program, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said here on Wednesday.

Hundreds of Belarussians from the opposition gathered Saturday in the capital Minsk for a "European forum" to encourage closer ties with the European Union, ahead of a meeting in Brussels next week.

Date : Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:48:10 +0400 BELARUS CAN NO LONGER DISREGARD KARABAKH, SAYS BELARUSIAN PRESIDENT LUKASHENKO Tert Nov 12 2009 Armenia Belarus can no longer disregard Transnistria , Crimea and Nagorno-Karabakh, said Alexander Lukashenko.

Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus had a one-on-one meeting on Thursday, the AzerTaj state news agency reported.