Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belarus)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus is the Belarusian government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Belarus.
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Some of the key events about Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belarus)

  • 1991
    Supported Belarus's decision to retain Soviet-era nuclear weapons on its territory after independence
  • 1992
    Establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the newly independent Republic of Belarus
  • 1995
    Belarus joined the Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear state
  • 1996
    Endorsed constitutional changes that expanded presidential powers and limited democratic freedoms
  • 1997
    Belarus became a member of the Non-Aligned Movement
  • 2000
    Belarus joined the Eurasian Economic Community
  • 2004
    Defended Belarus's widely criticized presidential election process
  • 2006
    Belarus became a founding member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
  • 2006
    Supported government crackdown on opposition protests following disputed elections
  • 2010
    Belarus joined the Customs Union with Russia and Kazakhstan
  • 2010
    Justified the arrest of opposition candidates after the controversial presidential election
  • 2011
    Belarus became a member of the Common Economic Space
  • 2011
    Defended Belarus's decision to execute two men convicted of a 2011 metro bombing, despite international outcry
  • 2014
    Opposed international sanctions imposed on Belarus for human rights violations
  • 2015
    Belarus joined the Eurasian Economic Union
  • 2017
    Belarus introduced a 30-day visa-free regime for citizens of 80 countries
  • 2020
    Belarus expanded its visa-free travel program to 73 countries for up to 30 days
  • 2020
    Defended the government's violent suppression of protests following disputed presidential elections
  • 2021
    Supported the forced diversion of a Ryanair flight to arrest a dissident journalist
  • 2022
    Facilitated Belarus's role in supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine

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