At the meeting of the 4th session of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the 8th convocation, a report on the international activities of the Council of the Republic in 2025 was adopted, BelTA has leanred.
The report was presented by Sergei Aleinik, Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs and National Security of the Council of the Republic. “In 2025, the interparliamentary activity of the Council of the Republic was carried out amid difficult external conditions. The geopolitical landscape is undergoing serious changes under the influence of natural processes shaping a more just multipolar world order. This process is not painless: the world is engulfed by successive crises and conflicts, and the rule of law [international law] is being replaced by the law of force,” he noted.
Sergei Aleinik emphasized that despite this Belarus’ international standing and role in world affairs continued to strengthen. “2025 was marked by a strong momentum in international contacts. The Council of the Republic held 40 meetings, while parliamentarians made more than 60 foreign trips to participate in international events. In total, over 150 meetings with foreign parliamentarians were held. The Council of the Republic actively participated in ensuring broad international parliamentary observation of the main domestic political event of the year: the presidential election in the Republic of Belarus,” he said.
The chairman also drew attention to the fact that parliamentary diplomacy was used as an important international political instrument on a wide range of issues with Belarus’ strategic partners: Russia, China, and CIS states. “At the same time, the overall economic effect from forums with Russia and Uzbekistan exceeded Br1.160 billion. Prospects are being discussed for holding regional forums with China and Kazakhstan,” he added. On the initiative of the Council of the Republic, visits to Belarus in 2025 included the chairman of the upper chamber of the Parliament of South Africa (as part of a Pan-African Parliament delegation), parliamentary delegations from Republika Srpska and the Republic of Kenya. During these visits, memoranda of cooperation were signed between the upper chambers of the parliaments of Belarus and South Africa, and Belarus and Kenya.
To intensify interparliamentary dialogue with distant countries or Global South, the Council of the Republic sent invitations to the leadership of parliaments in 15 countries, including Indonesia, Qatar, Nigeria, the UAE, Oman, Serbia, Tanzania, Uganda, the Central African Republic, and Ethiopia. Visits in 2026 to Belarus are being prepared for parliamentary delegations headed by speakers of the upper chambers of the parliaments of Zimbabwe, Pakistan, and Tajikistan.
In addition, last year the Council of the Republic actively worked within the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly and the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly. Special emphasis was placed on preparing model legislation and developing youth parliamentary cooperation. The Council of the Republic also made use of new opportunities arising from Belarus’ full membership in the SCO and its partner-country status in BRICS.
“Legislative work continued in the context of safeguarding national interests on the international stage. Of the 75 draft laws approved by the Council of the Republic in 2025, 50 were reviewed and recommended for adoption by the Standing Commission on International Affairs and National Security, including 46 concerning consent to the binding nature of international treaties for the Republic of Belarus,” Sergei Aleinik noted.