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Belarus and Kazakhstan signed agreements worth about $80 million at the INNOPROM Belarus expo, BelTA has learned.

Kazakhstan is a highly interesting partner and a friendly country for Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a meeting with Kazakhstani Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov in Minsk on 1 October, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Kazakhstan have significant potential to boost mutual supplies of goods, Belarusian Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin said during talks at the Government House with Kazakhstani Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, who is on an official visit to Minsk, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent condolences to the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, over the deaths of Kazakhstani servicemen who lost their lives in the line of duty in Mangystau Region, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The 13th meeting of the Joint Board of the Emergencies Ministries of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia took place in Nesvizh under Belarus’ chairmanship on 22 September, BelTA has learned.

On 8 September, workers excavating a sand quarry near the village of Beskol in Kyzylzhar district of North Kazakhstan unearthed bones of two humans and an Ice Age rhinoceros, Qazinform News Agency reports.

Kazakhstan remained among the world’s ten largest zinc-producing countries in 2025, according to the latest Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), reports a Qazinform News Agency correspondent.

A Minsk emergency medical aid team won the first place at the 2nd republican championship of mobile emergency medical service teams in Kazakhstan, BelTA learned from the Healthcare Committee of the Minsk City Executive Committee.

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.

Belarusian athletes won four medals on the opening day of the prestigious G1-category international taekwondo tournament Kazakhstan Open 2026 in Astana, Kazakhstan, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Olympic Training Center Stayki.