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Relationship dossier

Australia Belarus

Relationship assessment

Sanctions and Belarus’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have made Australia–Belarus relations adversarial.

Australia toward Belarus

-40

Australia has imposed sanctions on Belarusian individuals and entities and introduced trade restrictions in response to the Belarusian government’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Belarus toward Australia

-30

Belarus classified Australia among states it regards as unfriendly and adopted restrictive measures affecting countries in that category.

Overall relationship

-35

The relationship is shaped chiefly by Australia’s sanctions on Belarus and Belarus’s alignment with Russia during the war in Ukraine, alongside Belarusian restrictions affecting Australia. The breadth of direct bilateral engagement beyond these issues is unclear.

How to read these scores

Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.

−100
Extreme sustained hostility
−50
Substantially adversarial
0
Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
+50
Substantially cooperative
+100
Exceptionally close sustained partnership

“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.

Relationship context

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Australia has imposed sanctions and trade restrictions on Belarus in response to the Belarusian government’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Belarus has treated Australia as an unfriendly state and introduced restrictive measures affecting countries in that category. These actions have made the relationship substantially adversarial, while the scope of other direct bilateral engagement is unclear.

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