MINSK, 14 September – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will go to Uzbekistan on a working visit on 15-16 September in order to participate in a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), has learned. The summit will take place in Samarkand. The Belarusian head of state is expected to make a speech at an extended-participation session of the SCO Heads of State Council on 16 September. Aleksandr Lukashenko will outline priorities of Belarus' interaction within the...

MINSK, 13 September – Belarus is interested in selling sawn timber to Armenia. Belarusian Forestry Minister Aleksandr Kulik made the statement after meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to Belarus Razmik Khumaryan, the ministry's press service told. Aleksandr Kulik and Razmik Khumaryan discussed preparations for the forthcoming session of the Belarus-Armenia intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation. The session is scheduled to...

MINSK, 12 September – Over 230,000 foreigners have visited Belarus as part of the visa-free travel program, learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Over 230,000 foreigners have availed themselves of the opportunities the Belarusian visa-free travel program offers. As many as 149,413 Lithuania citizens, 58,945 citizens and 17,979 non-citizens of Latvia have come to Belarus since 15 April thanks to the visa waiver. Apart from that, about 7,000 citizens of Poland have...

MINSK, 9 September – More than 51,000 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since 24 February, learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. According to the committee, Belarus admitted 51,514 citizens of Ukraine. 15,876 Ukrainians came to Belarus directly from Ukraine, 29,155 arrived in Belarus via Poland, 5,505 via Lithuania and 978 via Latvia.

MINSK, 8 September – Over 6.554 million people in Belarus have got the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, of them over 6.44 million have completed the vaccination process, learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry. Over 892,500 people completed the vaccination regimen in Brest Oblast, over 790,700 in Vitebsk Oblast, over 976,000 in Gomel Oblast, over 693,800 in Grodno Oblast, over 987,100 in Minsk Oblast, over 692,000 in Mogilev Oblast, and over 1.3...