Belarus is ready to take part in infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he took part in the Heads of State Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on 17 September, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation on 14 September, BelTA learned from the Telegram channel Pul Pervogo.

Belarus intends to buy over $1 billion worth of Russian weapons. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he visited the training area Obuz-Lesnovsky near Baranovichi to observe the Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise Zapad 2021 on 12 September, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will be in Tajikistan on a working visit on 15-17 September, BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin held talks in the Kremlin on the evening of 9 September. The agenda of the meeting of the presidents of Belarus and Russia was widely discussed in the media space, as everyone anticipated the adoption of the Union State programs to take the Union State to a new level. Are we to expect a full-fledged common market? What prices of Russian energy carriers will be for Belarus? When will there be the single currency? What do these programs mean - integration or absorption? BelTA provides answers to the main questions about the talks between Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has decided in favor of bringing a bill on suspending the agreement between the Republic of Belarus and the European Union on the readmission of individuals, who stay without permission, into the House of Representatives of the National Assembly. The document was prepared by the government in response to unfriendly actions of the European Union and its member states towards Belarus, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 331 “On the appointment and dismissal of judges” on 7 September, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The industrial group Belorusneft saved the country once. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko recalled that as he heard out a report from Belorusneft Director General Aleksandr Lyakhov on 6 September, BelTA has learned. Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova was also present during the meeting.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko may raise a number of issues related to the oil sector during the upcoming talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 9 September. During a meeting with Belorusneft Director General Aleksandr Lyakhov on 6 September, the Belarusian head of state asked if there were any topics worth discussing in this regard, BelTA has learned.