Alexander Lukashenko

Russia and Belarus will sign an agreement on mutual security guarantees in the interests of both nations, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated today, according to the state news agency RIA.

MINSK - Serbian Deputy PM Aleksandar Vulin and Secretary of the State Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich met in Minsk on Friday.

Vulin and Volfovich agreed that Serbia and Belarus were free and brotherly countries and that the friendship between Presidents Aleksandar Vucic and Alexander Lukashenko especially contributed to the good relations.

MINSK - Serbian Deputy PM Aleksandar Vulin, who is on an official visit to Belarus, met with Ivan Tertel, head of the country's state security agency KGB, in Minsk on Wednesday.

Noting the good cooperation between Serbian and Belarusian security services, Vulin and Tertel agreed there was space for advancement of mutual work on preserving the independence of the two countries.

Poland's leader has said that he plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a new migration policy, pointing to its alleged abuse by eastern neighbor Belarus and Russia.

Russia today warned the West and Ukraine of “catastrophic consequences” if Kiev moves against Russia’s close ally Belarus, making clear it will intervene to defend a country in which it has regularly deployed nuclear weapons.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has again accused Ukraine of engaging in provocations using drones and announced the ongoing fortification of the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

In a two-hour television interview recorded for a Russian TV channel, but not yet aired, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Excerpts from the interview were published on the Belarusian leader's official website.

The prisoner exchange between Russia and the West, which took place on Thursday in Istanbul, resembled moments from the Cold War, complete with the dramatic setting of an isolated airport area.

From Russia, 16 people were released: four to the U.S. and 12 to Germany, one of whom was Belarusian.

Greece supports the aspirations of the Belarusian people for democracy and human rights, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has told exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the prominent figure of the Belarusian opposition, is currently on a visit to Bulgaria, where she continues her campaign for democratic reforms in her homeland. Forced into exile following the brutal suppression of protests against Alexander Lukashenko's regime, Tsikhanouskaya remains a steadfast advocate for change.