The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus ( Belarusian : Міністэрства замежных спраў Рэспублікі Беларусь , BGN/PCGN : Ministerstva zamiežnykh spraú Respubliki Bielarus’ ; Russian : Министерство иностранных дел Республики Беларусь , BGN/PCGN : Ministerstvo inostrannyh del Respubliki Belarus’ ) is the Belarusian government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Belarus .
8-695: The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Maxim Ryzhenkov , since June 2024. Anatoly Glaz , a diplomat and spokesperson of the Ministry, has voiced criticism of international sanctions against the Lukashenko regime and justified bans on foreign journalists from working in Belarus. In December 1920, the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs was established by resolution of the Second Congress of Soviets of Belarus. With
16-534: A direct result of a resolution passed by the Supreme Soviet. According to this law, the union republics received the right to enter into direct relations with foreign states, conclude agreements with them and exchange diplomatic and consular missions. The structure of the People's Commissariat included the political, protocol and consular departments, the personnel department and the administration of affairs. The staff of
24-714: The 1922 formation of the USSR , the functions of representing the Soviet republics in the international arena passed into the national jurisdiction. On 1 February 1944, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted a law on giving the Union Republics powers in the field of foreign policy. The People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the Belarusian SSR was then established on 24 March that year as
32-659: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus as of August 2019: Maxim Ryzhenkov Maxim Vladimirovich Ryzhenkov ( Russian : Максим Владимирович Рыженков ; born 19 June 1972) is a Belarusian politician serving as minister of foreign affairs since 2024. Ryzhenkov graduated from the Belarusian State University in 1994 and from the Presidential Academy of Public Administration in 2003. From 2016 to 2024, he served as first deputy head of
40-626: The People's Commissariat totaled 27 people. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus on 26 March 1946, the People's Commissariat was transformed into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Exactly 12 years later, the Council of Ministers gave the order for the ministry to represent the BSSR at the United Nations . On 19 September 1991, the ministry become known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
48-494: The Republic of Belarus, effective on this day from a national law adopted at the extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet. The ministry then became subordinate to the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus . By a decree of President Alexander Lukashenko on 4 December 1998, the ministry was reorganized by abolishing three ministries: foreign affairs, CIS affairs and foreign economic relations. The new most recent regulation on
56-482: The ministry was approved by decree in July 2006. As of December 2008, the Republic of Belarus maintains diplomatic relations with 164 countries of the world, in 47 of which 60 diplomatic missions are opened. Among them are 45 embassies, 7 permanent missions to international organizations, 7 general consulates and 1 consulate. Twelve branches of the embassies of the Republic of Belarus also operate abroad. The structure of
64-725: The presidential administration . He is also the president of the Belarusian Basketball Federation . Following the 2020 Belarusian presidential election , Ryzhenkov was added to the various sanctions lists, first by the Baltic states in late August 2020, then by the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada in June 2021, and shortly thereafter by Switzerland, and several EU-aligned countries. This article about
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