Belarus–Syria relations
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Belarus–Syria relations refer to the relationship between Belarus and Syria. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1992. Belarus has an embassy in Damascus and Syria has an embassy in Minsk.{{cite web |title=Belarussian Embassy in Syria |url=http://www.syria.belembassy.org/eng/about/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725053807/http://www.syria.belembassy.org/eng/about/ |archive-date=2011-07-25 |access-date=19 February 2015 |website=belembassy.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://mofaex.gov.sy/ar/pages222394/Syrian-diplomatic-missions-abroad|title=Syrian diplomatic missions abroad|website=mofaex.gov.sy}}
History
File:Alexander Lukashenko in a meeting with Bashar al-Assad in December 2003 (2) (cropped).jpg
In 2007, Ba'athist Syria was one of 33 countries to vote against a United Nations General Assembly resolution titled "Situation of human rights in Belarus".{{Cite journal |date=2007-12-18 |title=Situation of human rights in Belarus :: resolution /: adopted by the General Assembly |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/615032 |language=en}}
On July 26, 2010, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Minsk.{{Cite web |date=25 July 2010 |title=Syria's Assad to visit Belarus on Monday |url=https://en.trend.az/world/arab/1725911.html |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Trend.Az}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Belarus: Syrian President To Visit |url=https://worldview.stratfor.com/situation-report/belarus-syrian-president-visit |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Stratfor}} Assad has supported President Alexander Lukashenko, and Lukashenko has supported Assad in the Syrian Civil War.
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.{{Cite web |title=UN to investigate fate of 130,000 people missing in Syria war |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/30/un-to-investigate-fate-of-130000-people-missing-in-syria-war |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Al Jazeera English |language=en}}
=Russian invasion of Ukraine=
In 2014, Ba'athist 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.{{Cite web |date=2014 |title=Territorial integrity of Ukraine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/767565?ln=en |website=United Nations Library}}
Both Belarus and Ba'athist Syria supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web |work=The Times of India |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=25 February 2022 |title=Russia's Ukraine invasion a "correction of history": Assad |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/russias-ukraine-invasion-a-correction-of-history-assad/articleshow/89829534.cms |access-date=25 February 2022}}
=Fall of the Ba'athist regime=
After the fall of the al-Assad regime, Belarus withdrew its diplomatic personnel from Syria on 15 December 2024.https://x.com/BelarusMFA/status/1868363622826594772
On January 23, the Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov Visited Syria and met with De facto President of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa.{{Cite web |last=shazaa |date=2025-01-23 |title=Belarusian FM affirms support for Syria’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=345130 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Syrian Arab News Agency |language=en-US}}