Relationship dossier
Belarus
Venezuela
Relationship assessment
Belarus and Venezuela have maintained a political and economic partnership spanning successive governments.
Belarus toward Venezuela
+55Belarus pursued energy and industrial projects with Venezuela, including cooperation involving oil and the assembly of machinery, and participated in housing construction initiatives. The Belarusian government also maintained political support for the Venezuelan government and concluded military-technical cooperation arrangements.
Venezuela toward Belarus
+55Venezuela under Hugo Chávez cultivated a close political partnership with Belarus and pursued bilateral energy and industrial projects. The Venezuelan government continued high-level engagement with Belarus under Nicolás Maduro and maintained political support for the Belarusian government.
Overall relationship
+50The relationship has been characterized by recurring high-level political engagement and practical cooperation in energy, industry, housing, and military-technical affairs. This sustained partnership supports a cooperative assessment, although the scale and continuity of individual projects are uncertain.
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 Venezuela developed a sustained political and economic partnership under Alexander Lukashenko and Hugo Chávez, with cooperation continuing under Nicolás Maduro. Bilateral initiatives included energy projects, industrial cooperation, housing construction, and military-technical agreements, alongside political support between the governments. The scale and implementation of some projects, and the current breadth of cooperation, are unclear.
Key developments
Belarus and Venezuela expanded bilateral cooperation under Hugo Chávez and Alexander Lukashenko, including energy, industrial, and military-technical arrangements.
Belarusian and Venezuelan cooperation included housing construction and industrial initiatives such as machinery assembly.
Nicolás Maduro made a high-level visit to Belarus in 2013, continuing political engagement between the governments.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and implementation of several bilateral energy and industrial projects are unclear.
- The current scope of government cooperation is uncertain.