Relationship dossier
Belarus
Iraq
Relationship assessment
Belarus and Iraq pursued official cooperation in the early 2000s; the later relationship is unclear.
Belarus toward Iraq
+15The Belarusian government pursued economic and technical cooperation with Iraq, including through President Alexander Lukashenko’s 2002 visit and bilateral agreements. The extent to which those agreements were implemented is unclear.
Iraq toward Belarus
+15The Iraqi government received President Lukashenko in 2002 and concluded bilateral agreements with Belarus. The scope and subsequent implementation of this cooperation are unclear.
Overall relationship
+10The relationship included official economic and technical cooperation in the early 2000s, but that period preceded major changes in Iraq’s government. The scale and durability of the arrangements, and the subsequent bilateral relationship, are 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 Iraq pursued official economic and technical cooperation during the government of Saddam Hussein, including a 2002 visit by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and bilateral agreements. The relationship’s later development and the implementation or scope of those agreements are unclear, so the earlier cooperation supports only a limited assessment.
Key developments
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visited Iraq, and the two governments concluded bilateral agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the agreements concluded during the 2002 visit are unclear.
- Details of bilateral cooperation under subsequent Iraqi governments are limited.