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Belarusian military inspect Ukrainian military units
Jul20

Belarusian military inspect Ukrainian military units

The team is inspecting a designated area in Ukraine to confirm the absence of military activity, which is subject to the preliminary notification in accordance with the provisions of the 2011 Vienna Document. …read more Source:...

Makei: Belarus must do everything to help establish friendly relations between Russia, Ukraine
Jul19

Makei: Belarus must do everything to help establish friendly relations between Russia, Ukraine

“We must do everything for peace and accord to return to Ukraine and help Russia and Ukraine establish friendly relations,” Vladimir Makei said. …read more Source:...

Ukraine, Belarus encouraged to aim for $7.9bn in bilateral trade
Jul19

Ukraine, Belarus encouraged to aim for $7.9bn in bilateral trade

Ukraine-Belarus trade has recently surged by 28% to total $4 billion, but the goal is $7.9 billion, Ukraine Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing Gennady Zubko said …read more Source:...

Lukashenko to make official visit to Ukraine 20-21 July
Jul19

Lukashenko to make official visit to Ukraine 20-21 July

Emphasis will be made on the current state and prospects for collaboration in economy, including in such areas as trade, investment, industrial cooperation, petrochemical industry, energy, agriculture, transport and logistics, development of interregional dialogue. …read more Source:...

Belorusneft wins tender to drill gas condensate wells in Ukraine
Jul18

Belorusneft wins tender to drill gas condensate wells in Ukraine

Each well will be drilled at an angle up to 5,500-5,700m below the surface. The drilling operations will be done in 2017-2019. Details of the contract were discussed as a delegation of the Ukrainian private oil and gas company DTEK Oil&Gas visited Belorusneft. …read more Source:...

Ukraine wins Vitebsk Song Contest 2017 first prize
Jul18

Ukraine wins Vitebsk Song Contest 2017 first prize

Vlad Sytnik from Ukraine became the first prize winner of the 26th International Song Contest Vitebsk 2017. The winners were announced during the gala closing concert of the Slavianski Bazaar 2017 festival in Vitebsk on 17 July. …read more Source:...

Belarus, Ukraine tie at Vitebsk 2017 song contest
Jul17

Belarus, Ukraine tie at Vitebsk 2017 song contest

Both contestants think they did their best and thanked the audience for the support. “I am very glad that the audience reaction to my performance was so warm and emotional. It really charged me with positive vibes,” Yegor Sharankov said. …read more Source:...

Makei: Minsk ready to host Helsinki 2 process
Jul17

Makei: Minsk ready to host Helsinki 2 process

Minsk is ready to become the venue for such dialogue. The process of resolving the Ukrainian crisis has shown that we are capable of performing such difficult and responsible tasks, the minister said. …read more Source:...

Belarus working on new ideas to bring peace to Ukraine
Jul14

Belarus working on new ideas to bring peace to Ukraine

Vladimir Makei is quoted as saying that Belarus is preparing new ideas in order to give a new impulse to the agreements reached in Minsk, the main venue for negotiating the resolution of the situation in Ukraine’s east with assistance of Germany, France, Ukraine, and Russia under the OSCE aegis. …read more Source:...

Belarusian army aims to protect Russian airspace, not to atack other countries
Jul14

Belarusian army aims to protect Russian airspace, not to atack other countries

Military parade on 3 July. Image: CTV.by Belarus’s neighbours regularly voice their concerns about Minsk’s role in a potential Russian invasion of the Baltic states or Ukraine. However, on 15 June, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenka insisted that although Belarusian and Russian troops were operating in the region ‘as...