Belarus–Syria relations

Belarus and the Syrian Arab Republic established diplomatic relations in 1992. Belarus has an embassy in Damascus,[1] and Syria has an embassy in Minsk.

Belarus–Syria relations

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Syria

History

In 2007, Syria was one of 33 countries to vote against a United Nations General Assembly resolution titled "Situation of human rights in Belarus".[2]

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.[3]

On July 10, 2010, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Minsk.[4] Assad has supported President Alexander Lukashenko, and Lukashenko has supported Assad in the Syrian Civil War

Russian invasion of Ukraine

In 2014, 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 Syria support the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]

References
  1. "Belarussian Embassy in Syria". belembassy.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  2. "Situation of human rights in Belarus :: resolution /: adopted by the General Assembly". 2007-12-18. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "UN to investigate fate of 130,000 people missing in Syria war". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  4. English, Al Mayadeen (2023-08-26). "Syria, Belarus hail joint cooperation in battle against economic war". Al Mayadeen English. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  5. "Territorial integrity of Ukraine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly". United Nations Library. 2014.
  6. "Russia's Ukraine invasion a "correction of history": Assad". The Times of India. Agence France-Presse. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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