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Belarus will assist African countries in developing the healthcare sector, Belarusian Healthcare Minister Aleksandr Khodzhayev said in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel on 28 January, BelTA has learned.

The Republican Council for Historic Policy under the Belarus President Administration and the interagency commission on historic enlightenment under the Russian president have signed a memorandum of understanding, BelTA has learned.

Belarus’ Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Kubrakov and Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage of Zimbabwe Kazembe Kazembe have signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at increasing the criminal prevention potential of the two countries, BelTA learned from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State will hold parliamentary hearings “Promoting cooperation in tourism in the Union State” in Smolensk on 30 January, BelTA learned from the Parliamentary Assembly’s press service.

In addition to the CIS election observation mission, Belarus’ Central Election Commission (CEC) invited representatives of the SCO, the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, the Belarus-Russia Union State and individual experts, including from the EU countries, to monitor Belarus’ parliamentary and local elections, Chairman of the Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko told journalists after meeting with Sergei Lebedev, CIS Secretary General and head of the CIS observation mission for Belarus’ elections on the single voting day, BelTA has learned.

The strengthening of the common humanitarian, educational and scientific space of the CIS countries was discussed at the extended meeting of the Coordinating Council of the Forum of Rectors of Humanities Universities and Deans of Humanities Faculties of the CIS Member States in Moscow on 18 January, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.