INDIA-Belarus Bilateral Relations and history of Belarus along with Russian relations.

Question 1

FACTS

Answer 1

1.India was one of the first countries to recognize Belarus as an independent country in 1991 after the break-up of the Soviet Union.

2.Belarus was one of the countries whose support helped in consolidating India’s candidature for the non-permanent seat at the UNSC in July 2020.

3.In the economic sector, the annual bilateral trade turnover in 2019 stands at USD 569.6 million.

4.India’s special gesture in 2015 that granted Belarus the Market Economy Status and a USD 100 million Line of Credit has also helped in the growth in the economic sector.

5.Indian diplomatic mission was opened in Minsk in 1992-with the first Resident Ambassador joining in January 1993-followed by Belarus in 1998 in New Delhi.

6.The 10th IGC [ INTER GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION] meeting of both countries was held in New Delhi in March 2020.

7. 7th FOREIGN OFFICE CONSULTATION[FOC] was held in 2022.

Question 2

FACTS ABOUT BELARUS

Answer 2

Belarus ,officially the Republic of Belarus,[b] is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.
Its capital and largest city is MINSK.

The parliament of the republic proclaimed the sovereignty of Belarus on 27 July 1990, and during the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Belarus declared independence on 25 August 1991.

Following the adoption of a new constitution in 1994, Alexander Lukashenko was elected Belarus’s first president in the country’s first and only free election post-independence, serving as president ever since.