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The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that Belarus takes persistent steps to overcome consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and prevent similar disasters in the future.

Maksim Kudin said: “We are a unique international platform where prospects of setting up a research center under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency are being considered. In the last 15 years we’ve accomplished about 27 tasks within the framework of government programs."

Marina Vasilevskaya said: “When I first saw our Earth in an observation window, I started crying. The tears didn’t trickle down because they couldn’t. They accumulated in my eyes and I had to wipe them away with tissues. When asked why I was crying, I said I was crying due to happiness. Because it is impossible not to cry after everything one has seen.”

The high level of Belarus-China bilateral relations was stressed. They have the status of all-weather and all-round strategic partnership. The sides exchanged opinions about the state and prospects of advancing interaction in military affairs. Ways to advance cooperation in the medium-term and the long-term were sketched out.

In his words, Belarusian industry is well-developed today. Thanks to this, Russian enterprises are interested in joint projects.

The parties exchanged views on topical issues of the international agenda and discussed the current state of cooperation in the military sector.

On the day of the anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of Belarus in Russia Dmitry Fomchenko laid a wreath from the embassy at the Mitinskoye cemetery at the memorial to the first victims of the largest man-made disaster in history,.

More than Br15.8 million was collected during the national cleanup day (aka subbotnik), BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus.

Zimbabwe International Trade Fair, the largest multi-industry exhibition event in the Southern African region, is hosting a large-scale multi-industry Belarusian exposition Made in Belarus in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 23-27 April.

I have plans to share her space experience with school students, the first cosmonaut of sovereign Belarus Marina Vasilevskaya told the media before a meeting with young people at the National Academy of Sciences in Minsk.