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Just nine days remain until the 35th International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk. BelTA invites you to take a look back through our archival materials, which highlight the most memorable moments from every edition of the festival. Today, we turn to the 2018 edition.

BELAZ will supply Nornickel with new models of underground machinery for testing under actual mine conditions, the company told BelTA.

While some state-to-state relations are measured exclusively by trade figures and the number of signed documents, there are partnerships whose foundation cannot be quantified. Built over decades and tested by time, such ties gradually turn into a strategic asset. Cooperation between Belarus and Uzbekistan falls precisely into this category. Today, the two nations are bound not only by growing economic indicators, joint ventures, and investment projects, but also by a shared historical memory, a trusting political dialogue, and the understanding that sustainable development in the modern world is impossible without cooperation. The upcoming official visit of Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Belarus on 8–9 July is set to launch a new chapter in this partnership. BelTA covers how the historical experience of the two nations became the foundation of their current cooperation, why Belarusian technologies are in high demand in Central Asia, and what new opportunities are opening up for Minsk and Tashkent.

Belarus and Indonesia have signed agreements on the supply of dry dairy products, the press service of the Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA.

Anomalously hot weather for Belarus, and particularly for Gomel, has settled over the country for a week now. City residents are seizing every opportunity to cool off and are visiting the nearest recreation areas along the shores of rivers and lakes.

Belarus has started harvesting winter barley, BelTA learned from the press service of the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Grodno and the Chinese city of Suining have become sister cities after signing an agreement within the framework of the first Belarus-China Forum of Regions, BelTA learned from the Grodno City Executive Committee.

Ahead of the Day of Independence of the Republic of Belarus as many as 32 people have been pardoned, including 28 convicted of extremist crimes. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed the relevant decree, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.

Belarus is proposing to Indonesia the introduction of a visa waiver program and the establishment of direct air connections, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov, who is part of the delegation accompanying the president of Belarus during his official visit to Indonesia, told journalists, BelTA has learned.

Upon arriving on an official visit to Indonesia, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko held a meeting with members of the Indonesian government to discuss major joint investment projects. Participants of the meeting told journalists in Jakarta about the results of the event and the topics that were raised, BelTA has learned.