Kopyl regional executive committee

Belarus and Russia are going to step up efforts to substitute imports in the face of the sanctions pressure, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Governor Gleb Nikitin, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended birthday greetings to Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The CSTO should strengthen its status in the international system of checks and balances, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Moscow on 16 May, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has left for Moscow on a working visit. The plane of the head of state took off from Minsk National Airport, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.171 on 12 May to grant citizenship of the Republic of Belarus to a number of people, BelTA has learned.

The IT industry in Belarus will continue developing, including the Hi-Tech Park. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Boris Gryzlov, BelTA has learned.

Friendship between Belarus and Russia does not threaten either Poland and Lithuania, or Germany and France, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of Great Victory in Minsk on 9 May, BelTA has learned.

The situation in Belarus and around it should be clearly seen and assessed objectively from the military point of view, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the meeting to discuss Belarus' defense needs, BelTA has learned.

Belarus' defense needs in 2022 have been discussed at a meeting hosted by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Russia are building the Union State which may attract other countries, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Governor of Russia's Voronezh Oblast Aleksandr Gusev in Minsk on 28 April, BelTA has learned.

The head of state noted that he sees a great interest in the development of cooperation with Belarus on the part of Russian regions.

"Thanks to you we have this cooperation. We are building a single Union State on the new principles to ensure that everyone's interests are respected, that the sovereign independent states - Belarus and Russia - keep developing. I am sure that this union will attract other republics of the former Soviet Union,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

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