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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to President Michel Naim Aoun of Lebanon as the country celebrates Independence Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “I am convinced that in the near future Lebanon will successfully cope with crucial tasks in its social and economic development for the benefit of the people. Belarus is ready to provide necessary assistance to the Lebanese friends,” the message of greetings reads. According...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent birthday greetings to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “In Belarus you are well known as an authoritative politician and statesman who was able to lead Egypt towards peace, stability and progress, initiate a range of major national projects and improve the wellbeing of the Egyptian people,” the message of greetings runs. The Belarusian leader expressed confidence...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to the people of Latvia as the country celebrates the 103rd anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian president. The Belarusian leader recalled that on 18 November 1918 Latvia became an independent state. “More than 100 years later, in spite of the complicated historical and political conditions, the Latvian people preserved their authenticity and...

Presidents of Belarus and Russia, Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, held a telephone conversation on 16 November, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.   During the conversation, the leaders of the two countries discussed the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border and joint actions to defend the borders of the Union State.   Another topic of the conversation was the situation in Ukraine and the unscheduled exercise of Ukraine and the United...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Germany's acting Chancellor Angela Merkel had a telephone conversation in the evening of 15 November. The conversation lasted about 50 minutes. BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. During the conversation, the parties discussed a number of problems, primarily the situation with refugees on the Belarusian-Polish, Belarusian-Lithuanian and Belarusian-Latvian borders. “The ways and prospects for solving the migrant...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko spoke about the possible powers of the Belarusian People's Congress, discussed as part of the work on the amendments to the Constitution, during an interview with Igor Korotchenko, a military expert and Editor-in-Chief of the Russian magazine Natsionalnaya Oborona [national defense] on 9 November, BelTA has learned. “We understand that we have to raise the role of the Constitutional Court. It is not the president who should form the...