On September 27, 2022 the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Yuri Ambrazevich, and the IAEA Deputy Director General, Hua Liu, signed the Country Programme Framework between Belarus and the IAEA for 2022 – 2027.
The Deputy Minister thanked the IAEA for its support in strengthening the nuclear and radiation safety regime, including in the context of the commissioning of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant.
The Deputy Minister paid special attention to the importance of the IAEA's assistance in the development of the Belarusian school of international nuclear law and the use of national radiation medicine capabilities in the implementation of global initiative of the IAEA Director General “Rays of Hope”.
Background Information: The Programme Framework is the basis for technical cooperation between a country and the Agency. It reflects the need for attracting technical assistance from the IAEA, in the medium term identify the areas where nuclear science and technology can make an effective contribution to achieving national sustainable development priorities.
The first technical cooperation programme for Belarus was signed in 2003, followed by the update in 2007.
The new technical cooperation programme framework for 2022 – 2027 is developed based on the achievements and experience gained during the technical cooperation of past years, takes into account the new status of Belarus as a country that has started commercial operation of its first nuclear power plant and aims to further contribute to the implementation of national priorities of socio-economic development.
In particular, the following thematic areas of cooperation with the IAEA are defined: