This grab from a handout footage shows deployment of a nuclear-capable Russian Oreshnik hypersonic missile system for combat duty at an undisclosed location in Belarus on December 30, 2025...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Sept...

A photograph taken and released by the Belarusian presidential press service shows Belarus` President Alexander Lukashenko attending a meeting with U...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko at the Konstantin Palace presidential residence in Strelna, outside St...

The file photo shows the building of the Belarusian Embassy in London...

Russian Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile systems are pictured during the Victory Day parade in Moscow, Russia...

File photo of Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei Belarus is ready to end confrontation with Western nations, Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei has said, adding that Minsk has made firm proposals to that effect...

Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko visits a center for migrants on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, in Belarus, on November 26, 2021...

A man tries to dislocate the fence as migrants attempt to cross into Poland at the Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border on November 16, 2021...

Migrants settle for the night in the logistics center in the checkpoint Kuznitsa at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, on Tuesday, Nov...

Migrants set up a camp at the Bruzgi border post on the Belarusian-Polish border near the Polish Kuznica border crossing, on November 15, 2021...

Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative, said he was in contact with the United Nations to provide humanitarian assistance...

A group of migrants stands in front of Belarusian servicemen as they gather for the distribution of humanitarian aid in a camp near the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region on November 14, 2021...

Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied accusations that Moscow is helping Belarus orchestrate the ongoing migrant crisis at its border with Poland, where hundreds of desperate migrants trying to cross into the European Union are stranded at freezing temperatures...

In this file photo taken on May 20, 2021 people walk past flags outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City...

Belarusian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Anatoly Glaz (file photo by Tass news agency) Belarus has told the United States embassy in Minsk to reduce its staff against the backdrop of the latest sanctions imposed by Washington, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry says...

Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko says only elections can decide the future of his presidency, as Minsk plans to hold a referendum on constitutional reforms in the wake of anti-government rallies...

Belarus’ opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya leaves the presidential palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, on October 8, 2020...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko meets the opposition at a jail in Minsk, October 10, 2020...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a session of the lower house of the parliament (Bundestag), in Berlin, Germany, on September 30, 2020...

This UN handout photo shows Vladimir Makei, Belarus minister for foreign affairs, as he virtually addresses the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on September 26, 2020, in New York...

Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is seen on a screen speaking via video message before a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council on September 18, 2020 in Geneva...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with his Belarusian counterpart, President Alexander Lukashenko, in Sochi, Russia, on September 14, 2020...

Members of the US Army 2nd Brigade 69th Regiment 2nd Battalion are pictured at Mockava railway station in Lithuania, on September 5, 2020...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (File photo) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has blasted the US and allied European nations for sponsoring violent protests by opposition supporters across the country following his landslide re-election victory...

European Council President Charles Michel (C) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (on screen) speak during a press conference at the end of a European summit in a video conference format, in Brussels, Belgium, on August 19, 2020...

Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko gives a speech during a military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, Minsk, May 9, 2020...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (L) walk during their meeting in the Black sea resort of Sochi, on February 07, 2020...