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MOSCOW — The Belarussian president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, on Tuesday pardoned an American lawyer at the center of a 16-month dispute between Belarus and the United States, in a push to fully restore relations between the two countries.

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During a meeting with members of the United States Congress, Mr. Lukashenko agreed [...]

The “Turkmenobahyzmat” association of joint-stock companies on maintenance of agriculture equipment concluded a contract with the Belarusian Republican Unitary Enterprise “Minsk Tractor Works” for the purchase of 1000 “Belarus-80″ tractors and 500 “Belarus-82.1″ tractors, as well as spare parts for them. The total cost of the contract, which was signed June 18 in Ashgabat, is [...]

Alexander Lukashenko paid tribute to the memory of the first president of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, as part of his official visit to Turkmenistan. The President of Belarus laid flowers at the mausoleum in Kipchak, toured the spirituality mosque of Turkmenbashi and acquainted himself with the exposition of the Museum of the first President of Turkmenistan [...]

MINSK, June 15 (BelTA) – The documents signed at the Moscow summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation are invalid without Belarus’ consent, said Press Secretary of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Andrei Popov when talking about several documents signed during the recent meeting of CSTO member-states in Moscow.

“I am forced to point out [...]

The escalating argument between Moscow and Minsk is reaching new heights as Russia has warned it may demand full payment for natural gas supplied to Belarus.
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom may file a lawsuit against Belarus for failing to pay in full for the gas delivered this year, reports Interfax news agency, citing the economic advisor [...]

MINSK, June 15 (Itar-Tass) – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has instructed the Finance Ministry to take $1 million from the republic’s Reserve Fund as an initial instalment to the anti-crisis fund of the Eurasian Economic Community, a source at the Belarussian ministry told the Prime-Tass business news agency on Monday.
These funds will be [...]

Dual Olympic champion Michael Diamond has continued his London Olympic campaign by taking silver in the ISSF Olympic Trap World Cup.
Diamond was top qualifier going into the final, just one target ahead of arch rival Giovanni Pellielo of Italy in Minsk, Belarus.
Heavy rain took its toll on the Australian in the final. He dropped three [...]

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will make an official visit to Turkmenistan on June 17-19, an official Turkmen source said.
During the visit, an inventory of the legal framework between the two countries will be held and a number of intergovernmental agreements will be signed. “Belarus is an old traditional partner of Turkmenistan”, President of Turkmenistan [...]

After the war with Georgia last August, Moscow has attempted to transform the Russian-dominated seven-member Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) – a loose alliance that has served mostly as a forum for security consultations – into a military organization that might counterbalance NATO.

MINSK — Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has said he hopes Israel can help Minsk “normalize ties not only with Europe, but also with the United States,” RFE/RL’s Belarus Service reports.
Lukashenka was commenting after a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in the Belarusian capital.
Lukashenka added that he hopes Lieberman will help personally [...]