Belarus–Spain relations
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History
Belarus and Spain established diplomatic relations on 13 February 1992.[2]
In 2017, Belarus started operating an embassy in Spain.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[3] The ambassador of Spain in Moscow is accredited in Belarus. There is an honorary consul of Spain in Minsk.[4]
Formal development of cultural relations took off in January 2018, with the visit of Belarusian minister Alexander Shamko to Spain.[5]
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.[6]
Economic relations
As of 2021, trade relations are merely testimonial.[7]
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.[8]
See also
References
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- ↑ [1] según el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Coperación. Sección: Relaciones diplomáticas.
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- ↑ Embassy of Belarus in Madrid
- ↑ Ficha de Bielorrusia Diplomatic Information Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Section: Diplomatic relations.
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- ↑ Ficha de Bielorrusia Oficina de Información Diplomática del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Coperación. Sección: Cooperación.
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