Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to Alassane Dramane Ouattara, President of Côte d'Ivoire, as the country celebrates Independence Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Russia had until recently hoped for a rational approach from its Western counterparts, which is why it voluntarily imposed a moratorium on the deployment of ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range missiles (INF) and has now just as voluntarily terminated it, Elena Ponomareva, Doctor of Political Science, Professor at MGIMO (Moscow State Institute of International Relations), said in the latest episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA’s YouTube channel.

On behalf of the Belarusian people and himself Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko congratulated Bolivian President Luis Arce and the people of Bolivia on the 200th anniversary of the proclamation of independence of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The disruptions in Donbass water supply amount to a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Kiev’s authorities, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov (2010-2014) said in the latest episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA’s YouTube channel.

A species of myxomycetes previously unrecorded in Belarus has been identified in Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, BelTA learned from the park's administration.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko extended greetings to employees and veterans of the Belarusian Railways as the country celebrates Railway Workers' Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Bilateral cooperation is of particular importance given that Belarus sees Ethiopia as a gateway to Africa. “That’s why we are very interested in cooperating with you. I believe we should not just resume but also improve and upgrade our cooperation. We are ready for this,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said during the meeting in Kazan.

The draft agenda of the meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council includes more than 20 draft documents and 14 items, Tajikistan's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belarus, Permanent Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the CIS Bakhtovar Safarzoda told a press conference in Minsk on 29 July, BelTA learned.

 Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to workers and veterans of the trade industry as the country celebrates Trade Workers’ Day, BelTA has learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

 In the latest episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA’s YouTube channel, historian Yevgeny Spitsyn talks about the mission the OSCE was originally created for and what happened with it.

Belarusian swimmer Mikita Liakh has reaped a silver medal at the European Youth Olympic Festival in North Macedonia, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus.