Relationship dossier
Belarus
Lebanon
Relationship assessment
Limited official cooperation, including an official-passport travel arrangement and Belarusian humanitarian assistance to Lebanon
Belarus toward Lebanon
+20Belarus sent humanitarian assistance to Lebanon after the 2020 Beirut port explosion. Belarus also participated in a bilateral visa-exemption arrangement for diplomatic and service passport holders.
Lebanon toward Belarus
+15Lebanon participated in a bilateral visa-exemption arrangement with Belarus for diplomatic and service passport holders. Further concrete Lebanese government cooperation with Belarus is unclear.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes a practical arrangement facilitating official travel and a concrete Belarusian humanitarian contribution following the Beirut port explosion. These indicate some bilateral cooperation, while the available scope of sustained collaboration appears limited.
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 Lebanon have undertaken limited practical cooperation. A bilateral visa-exemption arrangement for diplomatic and service passport holders provided a framework for official travel, and Belarus sent humanitarian assistance to Lebanon after the 2020 Beirut port explosion. The scale and continuity of broader government cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Belarus and Lebanon established visa-exemption arrangements for holders of diplomatic and service passports.
Belarus sent humanitarian assistance to Lebanon following the Beirut port explosion.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements beyond official-passport travel are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of government cooperation beyond humanitarian assistance are uncertain.