Interstate relations

Major themes of this year's Conference were flows of migrants and refugees through the Mediterranean and the related security challenges. Discussions also focused on the possibilities of a joint approach to the issue of the migration crisis.

The parties agreed the prospects of military cooperation between the armies of the two countries, especially in terms of implementation of the NATO standards

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to State President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen as the country celebrates National Day.

Finnish Embassy opens in Colombia.

The European Commission has announced humanitarian and development funds in response to the influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh. The European Union today co-hosted in Geneva a 'Pledging Conference on the Rohingya Refugee Crisis'.

Minister Dacic and Defence Minister of Iraq Hayali discuss potentials for enhancing cooperation between the two countries

On October 19, 2017 Minsk hosted Consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and Romania

The United Nations migration agency and its partners are supporting Bangladesh in coordinating assistance for the influx of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, including with clean water and sanitation, shelter, food and psychosocial care for the most vulnerable.

India is planning a number of events to celebrate the 70th year of establishment of relations with Russia, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, will visit Finland on 23–24 October. He will meet Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini on 23 October in Helsinki.

In September, the trade turnover between the two countries amounted to $7.6 bln.

Senior lawmakers of BRICS countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, have agreed to strengthen parliamentary cooperation among them.

The aforesaid program provides for the signing of a new strategic document for 5 years (until 2022) to be funded by the United Nations agencies, funds and programs.

Intensifying cooperation with the United States of America to further attract US investments in Serbian economy

The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union (EU), has today approved the disbursement of a €100 million loan to Jordan under its Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) programme.