Politics

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Kingdom of Belgium were established on 10 March 1992.

In August 1994 the Embassy of Belarus was set up in Brussels (combining the functions of Missions of Belarus to the EU and NATO).

In 2009, the Honorary Consulate of Belarus in the Belgian region of Flanders was opened.

In March 1995 the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko visited Belgium and met with the King of the Belgians Albert II, the Prime-Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, the Presidents of the European Parliament and the European Commission. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus paid an official visit to Belgium in 1996.

In October 2016, Belarusian governmental delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Anatoly Kalinin visited Belgium. During the visit the delegation had negotiations in the structures of the European Union, meetings with business representatives, with the management of the largest ports in Belgium, as well as with logistics operators.

In March 2017, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium Didier Reynders paid a visit to Belarus. D.Reynders had the meeting with the Head of State as well as with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus V.Makei paid a return visit to the Kingdom of Belgium on May 31 — June 2, 2018.

Consultations between the foreign ministries of Belarus and Belgium are held on a regular basis (the last round was held in 2017).

The sides promote the inter-parliamentary cooperation. A working group for cooperation with the Parliament of the Kingdom of Belgium has been established in the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus.

Belgium’s approaches to the development of political dialogue with Belarus are forming in accordance with the common European Union line in relation to our State.