Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belarus)

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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