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Belarus–Syria relations refer to the relationship betweenBelarus andSyria. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1992. Belarus has an embassy inDamascus and Syria has an embassy inMinsk.[1][2]
In 2007,Ba'athist Syria was one of 33 countries to vote against aUnited Nations General Assembly resolution titled "Situation of human rights in Belarus".[3]
On July 26, 2010, Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad visitedMinsk.[4][5] Assad has supported PresidentAlexander Lukashenko, and Lukashenko has supported Assad in theSyrian 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.[6]
In 2014, Ba'athist Syria and Belarus were among 11 countries to vote againstUnited Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 which would recognizeCrimea as the territorial integrity of Ukraine.[7]
Both Belarus and Ba'athist Syria supported theRussian invasion of Ukraine.[8]
After thefall of the al-Assad regime, Belarus withdrew its diplomatic personnel from Syria on 15 December 2024.[9]
On January 23, the Belarusian Foreign MinisterMaxim Ryzhenkov visited Syria and met with de facto President of SyriaAhmed al-Sharaa.[10]
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