Belarus is interested in expanding cooperation with Saudi Arabia
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko congratulated the King of Saudi Arabia and other officials of the kingdom on their National Day, BelTA reported. The President also stressed that Minsk is ready to expand multifaceted cooperation with Riyadh.
Latvia will not extend residence permits to Belarusians and Russians
The Latvian Seimas approved amendments to the immigration law that suspend the possibility of extending residence permits for Russian and Belarusian citizens, Minsk-News reported.
Belarus plans to supply pharmaceutical products to Mongolia
The Belarusian-Mongolian Economic Forum was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, BelTA reported. The forum was held during the 27th international exhibition Ulaanbaatar Partnership, where 27 Belarusian companies presented their products.
Mass production of MTZ unmanned tractor to begin in Belarus
The General Director of MTZ told reporters when the serial production of the unmanned tractor will begin, BelTA reported. Recently, Belarusian scientists presented the first sports electric car.
In the first half of 2022, the volume of venture investments in Belarus fell by 64% compared to the same period in 2021. Now the market totals $3.1 million, devby.io reported. However, Belarus ranked 25th in the world in terms of the prevalence of cryptocurrencies.
Belarusian scientific expedition to go to Antarctica
At the end of October, the Belarusian scientific expedition will go to Antarctica for the 15th time, Minsk-News reported. Recently, the journal of the Belarusian State University "Geography. Geology" was included in the China National Knowledge Infrastructure database.
The Belarusian authorities have extended the ban on the export of a number of industrial goods outside the country, including cars, nuclear reactors, integrated circuits, conductive devices, smartphones and other equipment, devby.io reported.
The first train with peat went from Belarus to China
The ceremony of departure of the first train with Belarusian peat to China took place in the Great Stone Industrial Park on September 22, the press service of the Park reported. The event was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Panama has finally lifted all of its Covid travel restrictions. Essentially, they have returned their pre-2020 entry guidelines, allowing for the resumption of normal tourism, “Sobiray Rukzak” reported. In addition, Spain remains the only country in Europe, which requires sanitary documents when entering from any country except the Schengen zone.
Priority issues of Belarus for discussion at the UN General Assembly
Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei named priority areas for discussion at the UN General Assembly, Sputnik reported. May we remind you, it was decided Belarus to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.