MINSK Cheap Air Max 97 White Australia , Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Belarusian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said the country enjoyed positive developments in bilateral ties and cooperation with the European Union and the United States in 2013.


Belarusian contacts with EU institutions and the foreign offices of the EU member states have been more active, the Foreign Ministry said in its foreign policy review for 2013, and the country has also seen certain positive changes in its relations with the U.S., with trade between the two topping 500 million U.S. dollars last year.


Bilateral cooperation has been efficient in fields such as healthcare, sports www.airmax97australia.com , humanitarian support and interaction between the Belarusian and U.S. law enforcement agencies, the ministry said.


Meanwhile, the review noted that Russia remains Belarus' principal trade partner, with bilateral trade turnover reaching nearly 39.7 billion dollars in 2013.


Russia accounted for 49.5 percent of Belarus' foreign trade, while Belarus was among Russia's six largest trade partners.




NEW DELHI， Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 people were killed and more than 20 others injured after militants opened fire and hurled grenades at a busy market in the northern Indian state of Assam， a top police official said on Friday.


The incident took place at the busy weekly Tiniali market outside the state's Kokrajhar town， some 220 km from the largest state city of Guwahati， where hundreds of people gathered for trade.


"At least three to four militants attacked the market place in the afternoon. One militant has also been neutralized. We have launched an intensive operation to track down others involved in the terror attack，" state police chief Mukesh Sahay told the media.


While 14 people lost their lives， those injured have been admitted to nearby hospitals where the condition of some are said to be serious， the official said.


Local TV channels reported that the area has been cordoned off by police and the Indian Army， and operations have been launched to track down the militants believed to hole up in nearby buildings.


Assam's Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal condemned the attack， adding that he has briefed Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh about the incident.


Police suspected that the militants who carried out the attack were rebels of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland in Kokrajhar， which has been fighting for a separate homeland for the region's ethnic Bodo people.




(Source: CGTN)