The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that Belarus takes persistent steps to overcome consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and prevent similar disasters in the future.
Maksim Kudin said: “We are a unique international platform where prospects of setting up a research center under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency are being considered. In the last 15 years we’ve accomplished about 27 tasks within the framework of government programs."
Marina Vasilevskaya said: “When I first saw our Earth in an observation window, I started crying. The tears didn’t trickle down because they couldn’t. They accumulated in my eyes and I had to wipe them away with tissues. When asked why I was crying, I said I was crying due to happiness. Because it is impossible not to cry after everything one has seen.”
The high level of Belarus-China bilateral relations was stressed. They have the status of all-weather and all-round strategic partnership. The sides exchanged opinions about the state and prospects of advancing interaction in military affairs. Ways to advance cooperation in the medium-term and the long-term were sketched out.
In his words, Belarusian industry is well-developed today. Thanks to this, Russian enterprises are interested in joint projects.
The parties exchanged views on topical issues of the international agenda and discussed the current state of cooperation in the military sector.
On the day of the anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of Belarus in Russia Dmitry Fomchenko laid a wreath from the embassy at the Mitinskoye cemetery at the memorial to the first victims of the largest man-made disaster in history,.
More than Br15.8 million was collected during the national cleanup day (aka subbotnik), BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus.
Zimbabwe International Trade Fair, the largest multi-industry exhibition event in the Southern African region, is hosting a large-scale multi-industry Belarusian exposition Made in Belarus in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 23-27 April.
I have plans to share her space experience with school students, the first cosmonaut of sovereign Belarus Marina Vasilevskaya told the media before a meeting with young people at the National Academy of Sciences in Minsk.
“All the nonsense they are trying to sell us by claiming these forces will repulse migrants, essentially those poor people, who are trying to get over the fence and into Europe in order to mainly live with their relatives, families, who had moved there previously upon the invitation of Merkel and other heads of ‘democratic’ countries while fleeing from military conflicts in their countries,” the official said.
The Belarusian will next face either world number 28 Katie Boutler of the UK or world number 183 Robin Montgomery of the United States. Aryna Sabalenka won the Madrid Open in 2021 and 2023.
In order to develop a conceptual, strategic approach, these issues were brought to a broad discussion of the Belarusian People’s Congress, Vladimir Pertsov said.
"I am looking forward to visiting the hometown of the first cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. It would be a great honor for me, as well as for all Belarusians," said Marina Vasilevskaya, answering a question from Natalia Gagarina, the niece of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who was also present at the meeting.
The West continues to exploit the topic of the Chernobyl tragedy, Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Vladimir Pertsov told the media.
The Egyptian military delegation led by Chief of the Central Office for Combat Training and Military Education of the Armed Forces of Egypt, Major-General Osama Mohamed Salah Naga has completed its visit to Belarus.
Dmitry Pavlov said: “Belarus still has the territories that we need to decide what to do with. Radiation hazardous lands are the lands that cannot be used for agricultural purposes. A mechanism to change approaches to these lands is being worked out now."
Dmitry Pavlov said: “In Belarus there is a conglomerate of territories with a certain status. The Belarusian part of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant evacuation zone as well as a system of Chernobyl-related burial sites, which are quite large arrays."
“This is not just memory. This is a tremendous job that is carried out in our state, and the head of state pays close attention to it,” Vladimir Pertsov added.
As in previous years, Belarusian diplomats around the world, together with their colleagues from Russia and other countries will hold commemorative events in various formats, lay wreaths at the monuments and obelisks commemorating the terrible war and celebrating the great Victory of our ancestors.
"It is encouraging that the number of members continues to increase. We welcome the Islamic Republic of Iran's membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and expect that Belarus will become a new member of the SCO in the near future," Sergei Shoigu said.
Ivan Bucha said: “All the scientific studies, which were supposed to take place at the International Space Station in the form of Marina Vasilevskaya’s scientific experiments, have been fulfilled with a high degree of quality."
According to the defense minister, Belarus is interested in restoring the influence of international security and cooperation organizations and their effective activities in preventing and resolving military conflicts.
Spring crops were sown on 970,100 hectares, which is 41% of the plan. Early spring grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) were planted on an area of 548,900 hectares, which is 89.2% of the target.
The parties discussed ways to expand cooperation in culture, which includes partnerships between Chinese and Belarusian museums and exhibition halls, and the exchange of tours by Belarusian and Chinese artistic groups.
