The Secretary General and the Secretary General for International Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited Minsk on 10-12 December 2015 for political consultations.
The latest round of political consultations took place in Athens, in 2017, at the level of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Greece, like all the EU Member States, did not recognise the outcome of the presidential elections of 9 August 2020 in Belarus. The repression and the systematic violations of human rights by the Belarusian authorities led the European Union to impose sanctions.
Greece strongly condemned the forced landing on 23 May 2021, in Minsk, of Ryanair flight 4978, which had taken off from Athens to Vilnius, and the subsequent arbitrary arrest of a passenger - a member of the Belarusian opposition.
Belarus's position and support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 led the European Union to impose further sanctions.
Bilateral Relations
Belarus
Greece established diplomatic relations with Belarus in 1993 and maintained an Embassy in Minsk until the end of 2003, when its operation was suspended. Since then, the Embassy of Greece in Moscow has had a parallel accreditation in Belarus. Similarly, the Belarusian Embassy in Sofia has a parallel accreditation in Greece.
As of 23 September 2013, Greece has established an Honorary Consulate in Minsk.
Bilateral Relations
For information on bilateral economic relations, please visit the relevant page on the AGORA web portal. Moscow Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs (also responsible for Belarus) : https://agora.mfa.gr/ta-grafeia-oikonomikon-emporikon-upotheseon/grafeia-ana-xora/office/863
The Greek diaspora is estimated at around 4,000 people, living mainly in the Minsk region.
Click here for information regarding the visa requirements for Greek citizens who want to travel to Belarus.
Click here for information regarding visa requirements for citizens of Belarus who want to travel to Greece.
Contact details for Greek Missions
Minsk
Honorary Consulate
Competent Authority: Greek Embassy in Moscow, Russia
Prospekt Pobeditelei 65-1, Office 301, 220035 Minsk, Belarus
Tel:
+37517 3095711
Fax:
+37517 2071600
Honorary Consul: Pavlos Toupizidis