Alexander Lukashenko

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will travel to Belarus on Thursday for a working visit, his cabinet announced on Tuesday.

Nikolic will meet with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who will present him with the Order of Friendship of Nations.

MINSK - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said Friday he and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had discussed military-technical cooperation, adding that he would reveal more details in early April.

MINSK - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic arrived in Minsk Wednesday on an official visit to Belarus, where he will have bilateral meetings with President Alexander Lukashenko and PM Andrei Kobyakov on Thursday and Friday.

Vucic was welcomed at the Minsk airport by Trade Minister Vladimir Koltovich.

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Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says he and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko discussed "military-technical" cooperation in Minsk on Friday.

MINSK - Belarus will continue to support Serbia, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday after a meeting with Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic, urging a strengthening of trade between the two countries.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will be on an official visit to Belarus January 26-27, the government announced on Wednesday.

Vucic will have separate bilateral meetings with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov, with whom he will attend the signing ceremony of several bilateral agreements.

Turkey would like to boost economic ties with Belarus and increase the mutual trade volume to $1 billion, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a visit to Minsk on Nov. 11.      

Belarus stands ready to put in "maximum effort" to help wind down tensions between Russia and Turkey, but cannot impose mediation on either side, PM Vladimir Makei has said.

Tomislav Nikolic and Alexander Lukashenko on Friday attended the start of works on the international business and residential complex "Minsk World."

The European Union agreed on Oct. 12 to suspend sanctions against the regime of Belarussian strongman Alexander Lukashenko after he won a fifth term as president, even though observers said the poll was flawed.