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In 2007, Cuba was one of 33 countries to vote against a United Nations General Assembly resolution titled "Situation of human rights in Belarus". [2]Following the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel reiterated the island's solidarity with the "legitimate president of that country, Alexander Lukashenko, and the brother Belarusian people."
Belarusians living outside Belarus and Ukraine express their solidarity with the Ukrainian people by attending anti-war rallies, helping organisations dealing with Ukrainian refugees, collecting and delivering financial and humanitarian aid [145] [146] [147] as well as helping Belarusian volunteers fighting for Ukraine. [148]
Belarus, a transit country for Russian energy to European countries, is heavily reliant on trade with Moscow, especially after Western sanctions in 2022 stifled about 70% of Minsk's exports to the ...
Belarus had an embassy in Ottawa, which was closed on September 1, 2021, as a result of Canada's condemnation of the forced grounding of Ryanair Flight 4978 [162] [163] Canada is represented in Belarus through its embassy in Warsaw (Poland). [164] Cuba: 1992-04 Bilateral relations between Cuba and Belarus began in April 1992. [165]
Belarus shares borders with three NATO members, a factor that may also be part of Putin's calculations as he seeks to draw his ally into the war. "It brings him much closer to NATO's borders ...
The apparently conflicting statements follow Cuban state-run and foreign media reports suggesting that young Cuban men have enlisted in the Kremlin´s military in recent months as mercenaries and ...
A series of mass street protests called “Minsk Spring” or “Belarusian Spring” took place in the springs of 1996–97 triggered by a constitutional referendum on amendments to the 1994 Constitution of Belarus. The Belarusian political system became increasingly authoritarian with the government seeking to curtail all political freedoms.
‘If Ukraine commit aggression against Belarus... the war will take on a completely different nature,’ says ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in.