Alyaksandr Lukashenka

At the same time, oil refineries are suffering losses, said the head of the country.

Territorial defense drill held in the regional center.

He also received an official letter from the head of Belarus.

On this day the Belarusian capital will host a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State.

On Thursday, site near Minsk hosted drills involving chairmen of regional and Minsk executive committee.

According to him, every governor-general and chairman of the executive committee must know how to act.

As Belarus still hopes to get a loan from IMF, Lukashenka tells the government to cooperate but not bow to the lender.

President Lukashenka says Minsk is pleased with the decision made in Brussels to lift most of the sanctions against Belarus.

He has discussed regional security issues with Putin and Medvedev.