Relationship dossier
Belarus
Zimbabwe
Relationship assessment
Belarus–Zimbabwe ties have emphasized agricultural machinery and economic cooperation.
Belarus toward Zimbabwe
+35Belarus has supplied agricultural machinery to Zimbabwe and pursued bilateral economic cooperation through agreements and high-level engagement, including Lukashenko’s 2023 visit.
Zimbabwe toward Belarus
+30Zimbabwe has engaged Belarus through high-level visits and bilateral agreements focused on economic cooperation, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s engagement with Belarusian leadership.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has developed around practical economic cooperation, including agricultural machinery and agreements pursued through high-level engagement. These initiatives indicate a cooperative bilateral structure, although their implementation and durability 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 Zimbabwe have pursued practical cooperation, particularly in agriculture and economic development. Belarusian machinery deliveries and bilateral agreements have accompanied high-level visits, including Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s visit to Zimbabwe in 2023. The relationship has a cooperative focus, though the scale and implementation of its initiatives are not clear.
Key developments
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visited Zimbabwe, where the countries pursued agreements and cooperation in areas including agriculture and economic development.
Belarus supplied agricultural machinery to Zimbabwe as part of bilateral cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and implementation of agricultural machinery and other bilateral cooperation are unclear.
- The breadth and continuity of cooperation beyond recent high-level engagement are uncertain.