Belarus, IAEA sign Country Program Framework for 2022–2027

Yuri Ambrazevich, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, and Hua Liu, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, signed the Belarus Country Program Framework (CPF) for the period of 2022–2027 in Vienna, BelTA learned from the Permanent Mission of Belarus to international organizations in Vienna.

The deputy minister thanked the IAEA for the support in strengthening the nuclear and radiation safety regime, including in the context of the launch of the Belarusian NPP.

The parties discussed the state and prospects for further development of technical cooperation, expert support for nuclear energy and non-energy uses of nuclear technologies in Belarus. The deputy minister highlighted the importance of assistance from the IAEA in the development of the Belarusian school of international nuclear law and the use of the domestic potential of radiation medicine in the Rays of Hope initiative by the IAEA director general.

The framework program is the basis for technical cooperation between the country and the agency.