Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko sent greetings to President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the country celebrates the Independence Day, BelTA learned from the Belarusian leader's press service.

Belarus' Consul General in Istanbul Aleksei Shved made a working trip to the city of Corlu in the northwestern province of Tekirdag, a major center of Turkish light industry, BelTA learned from the Consulate General of Belarus in Istanbul.

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong on 9 December, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Belarusian oil refineries (Mozyr Oil Refinery and Naftan) are expected to get about 1.64 million tonnes of Russian oil in December, BelTA learned from Aleksandr Tishchenko, Press Secretary of the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim, on 8 December.