Belarus–Syria relations
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Belarus–Syria relations refer to the relationship between Belarus and Syria. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1992. Belarus has an embassy in Damascus and Syria has an embassy in Minsk.[1][2]
History
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In 2007, Ba'athist Syria was one of 33 countries to vote against a United Nations General Assembly resolution titled "Situation of human rights in Belarus".[3]
On July 10, 2010, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Minsk.[citation needed] Assad has supported President Alexander Lukashenko, and Lukashenko has supported Assad in the Syrian Civil War.
In 2023, Belarus was among ten countries to join Syria in voting against a resolution that would establish an independent body to determine what happened to more than 130,000 people missing as a result of the conflict in Syria.[4]
Russian invasion of Ukraine
[edit]In 2014, Ba'athist Syria and Belarus were among 11 countries to vote against United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 which would recognize Crimea as the territorial integrity of Ukraine.[5]
Both Belarus and Ba'athist Syria supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]
Fall of the Ba'athist regime
[edit]After the fall of the al-Assad regime, Belarus withdrew its diplomatic personnel from Syria on 15 December 2024.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Belarussian Embassy in Syria". belembassy.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Syrian diplomatic missions abroad". mofaex.gov.sy.
- ^ "Situation of human rights in Belarus :: resolution /: adopted by the General Assembly". 2007-12-18.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "UN to investigate fate of 130,000 people missing in Syria war". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ "Territorial integrity of Ukraine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly". United Nations Library. 2014.
- ^ "Russia's Ukraine invasion a "correction of history": Assad". The Times of India. Agence France-Presse. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ https://x.com/BelarusMFA/status/1868363622826594772
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