Belarus–Spain relations

Belarus–Spain relations

Belarus	Spain

The bilateral relations maintained between Spain and Belarus are scarce.^[1]

History

Belarus and Spain established diplomatic relations on 13 February 1992.^[2]

In 2017, Belarus started operating an embassy in Spain.^[3][4] The ambassador of Spain in Moscow is accredited in Belarus. There is an honorary consul of Spain in Minsk.^[5]

Formal development of cultural relations took off in January 2018, with the visit of Belarusian minister Alexander Shamko to Spain.^[6]

During the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests, Spain, along with the rest of the European Union countries, positioned itself in favor of the opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and against the government of Aleksandr Lukashenko.^[7]

Economic relations

As of 2021, trade relations are merely testimonial.^[8]

Cooperation

Spain carries out a reception program for children from Belarus, affected by the Chernobyl disaster, by Spanish families (about 3,000 children at Christmas and summer). Spain contributed €50,000 [€2008] to the Trust Fund of the European Humanities University (in exile in Vilnius). From 2001 to 2012 there was a reader of AECID at the State Linguistic University of Minsk.^[9]

See also

• Foreign relations of Belarus
• Foreign relations of Spain

References

1. [1] según el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Coperación. Sección: Relaciones diplomáticas.
2. Имбро, А. А.; Максименко, А. Д. (2020). "Perspectivas de la cooperación entre Belarús y España en la etapa actual". Foreign Languages and Contemporary World (PDF). Brest: A.S. Pushkin Brest State University. pp. 87–90.
3. Имбро & Максименко 2020, p. 87.
4. Embassy of Belarus in Madrid
5. Ficha de Bielorrusia Diplomatic Information Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Section: Diplomatic relations.
6. Беляева, А. Н.; Таджиев, М. А. (2020). "La política cultural exterior de España y el establecimiento de las relaciones culturales externas con Belarús". Foreign Languages and Contemporary World (PDF). Brest: A.S. Pushkin Brest State University. pp. 15–16.
7. "Conclusions by the President of the European Council following the video conference of the members of the European Council on 19 August 2020". European Council. 19 August 2020.
8. Bajo, Eduardo (31 May 2021). "El débil hilo que une Bielorrusia con España". La Razón.
9. Ficha de Bielorrusia Oficina de Información Diplomática del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Coperación. Sección: Cooperación.