Relationship dossier
Belarus
Eritrea
Relationship assessment
Belarus and Eritrea have pursued sectoral cooperation, including agreements signed during a 2023 presidential visit.
Belarus toward Eritrea
+20Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visited Eritrea in February 2023, and the Belarusian government signed bilateral cooperation agreements with Eritrea covering several sectors.
Eritrea toward Belarus
+20The Eritrean government hosted Lukashenko’s February 2023 visit and entered into bilateral cooperation agreements with Belarus covering several sectors.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes a concrete push for sectoral cooperation through agreements signed during the 2023 presidential visit. The extent to which these agreements produced sustained practical collaboration 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
Overview
Belarus and Eritrea have pursued bilateral cooperation, notably during Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s February 2023 visit to Eritrea, when the governments signed cooperation agreements across several sectors. The initiative indicates concrete engagement, though the breadth and practical implementation of the agreements are unclear.
Key developments
During Alexander Lukashenko’s visit to Eritrea, the governments signed bilateral cooperation agreements covering several sectors.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the agreements signed during the 2023 visit are unclear.
- Details of bilateral cooperation outside the 2023 initiative are limited.