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Belarus to allocate import quotas for Iranian fruits and vegetables
Fresh Plaza
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August 19, 2025
The Belarusian government has introduced a system to distribute import quotas for certain agricultural products from Iran, according to a resolution adopted on August 16. The Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade (MART) has been tasked...
President Pezeshkian leaves Armenia for Belarus
Mehr News Agency
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August 19, 2025
After meeting with Armenian president and prime minister and holding a meeting of high-ranking delegations between the two countries, Pezeshkian left for Minsk, capital of Belarus, as the next destination of his regional tour. According to the...
Industrial Production In Belarus Went Into Decline
Charter 97
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8 There are two areas in the lead. According to the results of January-July, for the first time this year, Belarus recorded a decline in industrial production. According to the National Statistics Committee, in this period, the volume of...
Belarus to host Iranian counterpart for strategic talks
Mehr News Agency
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August 19, 2025
The Iranian president is expected to arrive in Minsk on an official visit on 19 August, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The heads of state will meet at the Palace of Independence for both one-on-one and...
Russian Oil Supplies Via Druzhba To Belarus Stopped?
Charter 97
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8 What we know so far. After two AFU strikes on Druzhba oil pipeline facilities in Russia, the pumping of oil to the European Union countries has stopped, Ukraine, Hungary and Slovakia said on August 18. A major node of the oil pipeline is located...
Belarus' GDP grows 1.3 pct in first seven months of 2025
Xinhua News Agency
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MINSK, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Belarus' gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.3 percent year on year in the first seven months of 2025 at constant prices, the country's statistical committee said Monday in a press release. According to the committee's...
Belarus reinforces air force with new Russian Su-30SM2 fighters
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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According to information published by the Belarusian Telegraph Agency on August 14, 2025, the Belarusian Air Force has received a new batch of Su-30SM2 fighter aircraft from Russia, marking another step in the deepening military-technical...
Belarus’ tourism sector development in focus of Lukashenko’s meeting with govt
Associated Press of Pakistan
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August 18, 2025
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - MINSK, Aug 18 (BelTA/APP): Belarus is considering transferring tourism regulatory functions from the Sport and Tourism Ministry to the National Tourism Agency. This proposal was among the...
GDP growth in Belarus equals 1.3% in January-July
TASS
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August 18, 2025
MINSK, August 18. /TASS/. GDP growth in Belarus reached 1.3% in the first seven months of this year, the National Statistics Committee (Belstat) reported. "The first estimate of gross domestic product for January-July 2025 has been made. The...
Belarus victorious at basketball tournament in China
Associated Press of Pakistan
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August 18, 2025
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - MINSK, Aug 18 (BelTA/APP): The Belarusian national basketball team clinched a decisive victory at Central Asia International Basketball Men’s Tournament 2025 in China’s Yining, BelTA reports....
Belarus cement producer eyes Chinese partners for US$100m upgrade
International Cement Review
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August 18, 2025
Belarusian building materials producer Krasnoselskstroymaterialy plans to attract Chinese companies to help modernise its cement plant in Grodno Oblast, CEO Alexander Golda said. Speaking to the Volkovysk news portal, Golda confirmed the project...
Russia, Belarus to hold joint military drill next month
Defense News
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August 18, 2025
MILAN — Russia and Belarus are expected to conduct a joint military exercise next month involving nuclear weapons and Russian-made hypersonic missiles, the Belarusian defense minister said last week. During a recent press conference in Minsk,...
Echelons Of Russian Equipment Have Arrived In Belarus
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8 To participate in joint exercises. The first echelons of Russian equipment have arrived in Belarus to participate in joint exercises. Colonel Andrii Demchenko, speaker of the State Border Service of Ukraine, said this on the air of the telethon...
Pezeshkian seeks assurances in Armenia, will hit Belarus next
Tehran Times
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August 18, 2025
TEHRAN – Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian began a two-nation tour on Monday, visiting Armenia first to discuss pressing regional issues, including a recent U.S.-brokered deal with Azerbaijan that analysts warn could lead to the presence of...
Ambassador of Belarus V.Denisenko meets Chairman of the State Committee on Investment and State Property Management of Tajikistan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
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18 August 2025 On August 18, 2025 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Tajikistan, Viktor Denisenko, met with the Chairman of the State Committee on Investment and State Property Management...
First trains carrying Russian military equipment for joint exercises arrive in Belarus
Ukrainska Pravda
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Colonel Andrii Demchenko. Photo: Dmytro Slyvnyi, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine The first trains transporting Russian equipment to be used in joint military exercises have arrived in Belarus, while the situation on the Belarusian border...
Accreditation of Foreign Media for Coverage of the Joint Strategic Exercise of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation “Zapad 2025”
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
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18 August 2025 Foreign journalists interested in covering the joint strategic exercise of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation “Zapad 2025,” to be held in Belarus from September 12–16, 2025, are required to...
Belarus Security Council: West uninterested in halting fighting in Ukraine
Yemen News Agency SABA
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Minsk – Saba: The Secretary-General of the Belarus Security Council, Alexander Volfovich, stated on Sunday that Western countries are not interested in stopping or suspending hostilities in Ukraine. In an interview with the television channel...
Iran's President Talks Up Looming Multifaceted Ties With Belarus
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 18. Iran intends to speed up cooperation with Belarus in technology, agriculture, industry, and social sectors, said the Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Trend reports. Speaking in Tehran...
Iran’s President outlines goals before Armenia, Belarus visits
PanARMENIAN.Net
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August 18, 2025 - 14:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced that his upcoming visits to Armenia and Belarus will prioritize strengthening the private sector’s role and promoting earlier agreements, particularly...