Relationship dossier
Belarus
India
Relationship assessment
Belarus–India ties feature bilateral cooperation and support for India’s UN Security Council aspirations.
Belarus toward India
+30Belarus has supported India’s bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and has engaged in bilateral cooperation with India through political and technical mechanisms.
India toward Belarus
+30India has extended a line of credit for projects in Belarus and has pursued bilateral economic and technical cooperation through joint mechanisms.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a sustained cooperative structure, including bilateral political and technical engagement, Belarusian support for India’s UN Security Council aspirations, and Indian credit for projects in Belarus. The available facts point to constructive ties, although the scale and practical effects of cooperation remain 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 India maintain a cooperative relationship supported by bilateral political, economic, scientific and defence engagement. Belarus has supported India’s bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, while India has extended a line of credit for projects in Belarus. The relationship also includes formal bilateral cooperation mechanisms, though the scope and implementation of specific initiatives are not clear.
Key developments
India extended a $100 million line of credit for projects in Belarus.
Belarus supported India’s bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral economic and technical cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of recent defence cooperation and its practical outcomes is uncertain.