Priorities of the foreign policy of the Republic of Belarus

Belarus adheres to common approaches to development of relations with all its foreign partners based on equitable and mutually respectful dialogue. At the same time, like any other state, our country concentrates its foreign policy efforts on a number of most important and advantageous vectors.

The strategic allied cooperation on the basis of the Agreement on Establishment of the Union State of Belarus and Russia is built with the Russian Federation.

The relations of all-weather and comprehensive strategic partnership are developed with the People’s Republic of China.

Consistently advancing the ideas of integration, Belarus takes an active and constructive position in integration unities in the post-Soviet space – the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

New opportunities for developing contacts and multifaceted cooperation, strengthening Belarusian international positioning opened up after the Republic of Belarus received the status of a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and a BRICS partner in 2024.

The cooperation with states of Asia, Africa and Latin America has been brought to a qualitatively new level and continues to actively develop.

Due to unprecedented political and economic pressure of Western countries on Belarus, partnership and mutually beneficial relations with them have transformed into harsh confrontation. Nevertheless, Belarus remains open to dialogue in order to resume equal and mutually beneficial cooperation, primarily in the trade, economic and investment spheres.

Multilateral diplomacy is an important direction of Belarus’s foreign policy. Our country contributes to solution of global problems, counteraction to contemporary threats and challenges. Traditionally it takes an active part in the UN and other international organizations’ activities, generates approaches and initiatives that promote dialogue and help to bridge the dividing lines in international relations.