Belarus–Spain relations

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Belarus–Spain relations
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Diplomatic relations

Belarus and Spain established diplomatic relations on 13 February 1992.[ citation needed ]

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Belarus has an embassy in Madrid. [1] The ambassador of Spain in Moscow is accredited in Belarus. There is an honorary consul of Spain in Minsk. [2]

The bilateral relations maintained by Spain and Belarus are scarce. [3] 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. [4]

Economic relations

In 2013, the bilateral trade with Belarus (189.7 million euros) represented 0.037% of the total trade of Spain with the rest of the world, which places that country as the 109th commercial partner of Spain.

The Spanish business presence is of little importance, although there have been significant growth rates of Spanish exports in recent years, which have gone from €79.56m in 2010 to €143.48m in 2013.

The main Spanish exports to Belarus are, in this order, machines and mechanical devices; fruits, vegetables and vegetables; automobile vehicles and stone manufactures. As for Belarusian imports, they are less diversified, since more than half are fuels and a quarter are fertilizers. [5]

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. [6]

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References

  1. Embassy of Belarus in Madrid
  2. Ficha de Bielorrusia Diplomatic Information Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Section: Diplomatic relations.
  3. según el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Coperación. Sección: Relaciones diplomáticas.
  4. "Conclusions by the President of the European Council following the video conference of the members of the European Council on 19 August 2020". European Council. 19 August 2020.
  5. Ficha de Bielorrusia Oficina de Información Diplomática del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Coperación. Sección: Relaciones económicas.
  6. Ficha de Bielorrusia Oficina de Información Diplomática del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Coperación. Sección: Cooperación.