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The bilateral relations maintained betweenSpain andBelarus are scarce.[1]
Belarus andSpain 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 the2020–2021 Belarusian protests, Spain, along with the rest of theEuropean Union countries, positioned itself in favor of the opposition leaderSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and against the government ofAleksandr Lukashenko.[7]
As of 2021, trade relations are merely testimonial.[8]
Spain carries out a reception program for children from Belarus, affected by theChernobyl disaster, by Spanish families (about 3,000children 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]
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