trengthen the CSTO in the current unprecedented situation? For now I have the following proposals that are of top priority. There are a lot of them. Emomali Sharipovich [Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon] spoke a lot about them once when talking about the problem of that region," the head of state said.
To strengthen political interaction and coordination
First, there is a need to strengthen political interaction and coordination among the CSTO member states. "We need to raise the efficiency of the mechanism of consultations on foreign policy and security issues. We need to speak more often on behalf of the CSTO in international organizations so that the voice and position of the organization should be visible and heard. This voice and position should be united. Like that of the West," he said.
The head of state invited the foreign ministers to think about how to do this to achieve the best effect: "They should think about how we should react politically to the new wave of NATO enlargement, taking into account the voiced intentions of certain states. We must develop the CSTO’s position on this issue in advance and convey it to the international community. We must be united on this. It is not only Russia that must express concern and fight alone the attempts to expand NATO."
To strengthen information security, fight against fakes
Secondly, Aleksandr Lukashenko spoke of the need to increase the efficiency of countering challenges and threats in media landscape, including fake news and disinformation. "It is clear that they have waged a hybrid war against us, in which the main component part is an information war. We need to make the maximum use of the 2017 CSTO agreement on cooperation in the field of information security, to more actively promote the CSTO in social networks, which are intensively used by our Western opponents, in order to effectively respond to fake news," the Belarusian leader said.
“We need to think seriously about it and maybe follow the path of China in the information warfare, especially on the internet,” the head of state said.
According to him, appropriate tasks should be set for everyone - foreign ministries, special services and the CSTO secretariat.
To strengthen forecast and analytical work
Thirdly, there is an obvious need to strengthen the forecast and analytical component in the work of the CSTO Secretariat, the Belarusian head of state said: “I am confident that the UN, the EU and NATO have similar structures. Perhaps we should think about setting up a unit in the Secretariat responsible for analysis and strategic planning. I think the Secretary General should work on this issue.”
To unite potential of analytical centers
“Fourthly, it makes sense to think about uniting the potential of analytical centers of the CSTO member states and developing a network of these structures to assist in the preparation of conceptual documents on topical issues of the international agenda,” the Belarusian leader said.
Summing up, Aleksandr Lukashenko said that he offered seemingly simple things at that difficult time, but it was due to the fact that the parties might not agree on more complicated issues immediately. “Maybe these will be the first steps. We should go further and deeper, as we said before,” the president stressed.
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Dear Shivendu Paul and Metali Listeners' Club,
dthank you for your comment! We'll send you some of our souvenirs ASAP.
Stay tuned and 73,
RBI
Hallo Radio Belarus,
ja der Dieter Leupold ist jetzt auch hier im Gästebuch vertreten... Super, bald sind wir alle zusammen hier im "Belarus Hörerclub", Dieter könnte 1.Vorsitzender werden und Jana und Elena Ehrernmitglieder, Helmut Matt Schriftführer, Alfred Albrecht Beisitzer und ich mache Hausmeister:-) Lutz Winkler wie fit bist Du bereits wieder, für Dich finden wir auch eine nette Aufgabe:-) Beste Grüße und ein schönes Wochenende.
Dietmar
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Lieber Dietmar,
das stimmt, für alle finden wir im Hörerklub eine Aufgabe!:)
Liebe Grüße und einen guten Start in die Woche!
I recently learned my surname is not Polish, but Belarusian. I heard you on shortwave in the past and am so happy to listen online in English. We hear nothing about Belarus here in the US so I am so glad to learn about your country. Keep on broadcasting in English. I also joined the Hoererklub on Facebook as I can understand German. If you have information or a station pennant, I will very much appreciate it.
Sheryl Paszkiewicz, 1015 Green St, Manitowoc WI 54220 USA
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Dear Sheryl, thank you very much for listening to us! We'll send you some of our souvenirs as soon as we can. By the way, if you're interested, you can participate in our "The Old Country's Loving Call" project and send a greeting to Belarus. You can find more detailed information at http://www.radiobelarus.by/en/content/hukaje_eng
Also, in case you like sports, here's the link to an international competition of ours "My Greetings to 2nd European Games" http://www.radiobelarus.by/en/content/games_eng
73 from the entire staff of RBI! Прывiтанне з Малой Радiзмы :)
Hello from Birmingham United Kingdom!
My name is Michael.
I really enjoyed listening to your program on the Hotbird satellite 13e. I very much love listening to your news and current affairs.
Ask you to send me a small gifts. I hope you guys are all good.
Lots of love from UK
Especially enjoying learning about Belarus. History and culture
Michael Rogers
Flat 2 463 City road Birmingham
B17 8LG
United Kingdom
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Michael,
thank you very much for listening to us! We're glad that you enjoy our programs. We'll send you some of our souvenirs as soon as we can. Best regards and stay tuned!
Hello. I am a new listener to your English service. I listen on the Radio 1 News app. I enjoyed listening to the news. Do you have any information on shortwave broadcasts you can send me?
Thank you,
Joe Cosimo
23 Ivy Ln, Dupont, PA 18641 U.S.A.
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Dear Joe, thank you for listening to Radio Belarus International! We're glad that you enjoyed our news. RBI broadcasts on shortwave only in German on 6005 and 3985 kHz. News and programs in English are available via our website and satellites. We'll also send you a postcard and a small souvenir as soon as we can. 73!
Hello,
My name is Younes Lazazi, I am from Algeria.
I am very happy that radio Belarus has started broadcasting in Arabic.
I would like to receive stickers and printed matter of the station and the Arabic and french services if possible.
My address:
Monsieur Younes Lazazi 14 rue Maza Boualem El-Harrach 16009 Alger Algérie
Thank you.
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Dear Younes Lazazi,
we're happy that you like our boradcasts. We'll send you some of our printed materials via mail in the nearest future. 73!
Dear English Service Radio Belarus,
Greetings to all staff and listeners of English Service of Radio Belarus. We listen your webcast program. Your program quality is very nice. Your website is colorful & documented. We liked your programs, News, and Current Affairs Program. We are interested about Culture, life style of Belarusian people, historical places, Tourist attraction and destination of Belarus.
Please send some program schedule, sticker, view card, Promotional items of Radio Belarus for our club members and students.
We are waiting for your reply.
With best wishes,
SHIVENDU PAUL
President
Metali Listeners' Club
India
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Dear Shivendu Paul,
thank you very much for listening to us! Your club is among our most dedicated listeners. We will send you some of our promotional products as soon as possible. 73!
Hello!
Did the arabic programmes start? I don't see them on your Internetcast schedule page. Thanks!
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Hello! The Arabic programmes have been on air since October, every Monday. You can see the schedule and listen to them on our Arabic page http://radiobelarus.by/ar
FM transmitters and frequencies:
Rakitnitsa - 106.2 MHz
Hrodna - 95.7 MHz
Svislach - 104.4 MHz
Heraniony - 99.9 MHz
Braslau - 106.6 MHz
Miadzel - 102.0 MHz
Satellite broadcasting:
see satellite parameters here
