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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko extended greetings to President of the Republic of Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno as the country celebrates Independence Day, BelTA has learned.

The state needs to come up with a workable formula that will motivate people toward conscious motherhood and fatherhood, making them the new norm, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said on 11 August at a meeting with top officials of the Council of Ministers, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has convened a meeting with top officials of the Council of Ministers. The agenda includes several items for which the government has proposed new approaches, BelTA has learned

Centuries-old traditions of folk music and the mastery of Belarusian writers came together at the Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and rural Lifestyle in Ozertso. The museum became the venue for a unique cultural event that combined two large-scale initiatives — the first national open festival of bagpipe Dudarski Fest and the Literary Vernissage book festival. BelTA correspondents went to see the event and learned how the traditional instrument is gaining new life in the 21st century.

The prospects for Belarus‑Uzbekistan interparliamentary cooperation were discussed on 10 August at a meeting between Chairman of the House of Representatives Igor Sergeyenko and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to Belarus Nuriddin Mamajonov, BelTA has learned.

Igor Brilevich, Deputy Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, has been appointed by Valentina Matviyenko, Chairperson of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly Council and Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia, to coordinate the international observer group from the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly for the elections to the Kurultai of Kazakhstan, the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly told BelTA.

More than 146,000 foreigners have visited Belarus without visas since the beginning of the year, the State Border Committee told BelTA.

The implementation of the head of state’s instructions on intensifying trade and economic cooperation with countries of the African continent was discussed in the Council of the Republic, BelTA has learned.

To reconcile Ukrainians with Belarusians and Russians, it is enough to stop the propaganda that fuels Russophobia in Ukraine, Aleksandr Tishchenko, an expert in the field of national security, BelTA reports.

Belarusian enterprises are testing domestically developed electronic systems for trucks, Belarusian Industry Minister Andrei Kuznetsov told Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned.