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The 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) will take place on 3-6 June. The event, held annually under the patronage of the Russian president, will gather more than 20,000 participants from 130 countries this year, BelTA learned from the Kremlin press service.

Belarus has expanded the powers of the National Council on Gender Policy under the Council of Ministers. Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin has signed the relevant resolution, BelTA learned from the government press service.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Russian businessman Dmitry Mazepin in Minsk on 3 June, BelTA has learned.

The total volume of gasoline sales produced by Belarusian refineries at the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) in May of this year reached 23,640 tonnes, which was 26 times higher than a year earlier (900 tonnes), the Russian news agency TASS reported citing the National Exchange Pricing Agency.

Belarus’ experience in the field of nuclear energy development, construction and operation of a nuclear power plant is in demand among CIS countries, Stanislav Levitsky, Director of the Rosatom State Corporation’s country office in the Republic of Belarus, said during a roundtable titled "Radioactive waste management in the Republic of Belarus: Current issues’ at BelTA’s press center on 1 June

The bill to amend the Law of the Republic of Belarus ’On Population Census’ was reviewed by the expert council under the Council of the Republic, Belarus’ upper house of parliament, in Minsk on 2 June, BelTA has learned.

Belarus hopes for the earliest possible coordination of the 2026–2030 Country Programming Framework (CPF) with the Food and Agriculture Organization. The matter was discussed on 2 June during a meeting between Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov and Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Qu Dongyu who arrived in Belarus to attend the Belagro 2026 international specialized exhibition, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek will host over 200 delegates from the CIS countries for the CIS Forum of Creative and Scientific Intellectuals on 9-10 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation.

Belarus has gained international recognition as a producer of agricultural machinery and a supplier of technologies, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Qu Dongyu said at the official ceremony to open the Belarusian Agro Industrial Week in Minsk on 2 June, BelTA has learned.

The 2026-2027 roadmap for Belarus-Oman cooperation is being successfully put into action, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov said as he met with Oman’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources Saud Al Habsi on 2 June, BelTA has learned.