Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the Czech Republic Valery Kurdyukov met with Czechia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Martin Smolek, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Belarusian oil refineries (Mozyr Oil Refinery and Naftan) are expected to get about 1.64 million tonnes of Russian oil in December, BelTA learned from Aleksandr Tishchenko, Press Secretary of the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim, on 8 December.

Outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Azerbaijan Gennady Akhramovich paid a farewell courtesy call on Azerbaijan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov on 4 December, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Vitebsk DSK enterprise plans to increase the volume of export services to Russia next year, told Anton Dubovikov, general director of the house-building plant.

A new package of sanctions against Belarus will result in an escalation of the crisis of relations with the West, BelTA learned from Aleksei Avdonin, an analyst with the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR).

For patients with pneumonia and COVID 19, 1.4 thousand beds are provided in medical institutions of Vitebsk Oblast.