Belarus : Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus on the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the United States of America

Today the Republic of Belarus celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with the United States of America.

On December 28, 1991 Belarusian and American sides through an exchange of notes agreed to establish diplomatic relations with permanent missions. In 1992 Embassies of the two countries were opened in Minsk and Washington.

The United States became the second nation that following recognition of the Belarusian sovereignty proposed to the young Belarusian state to establish full diplomatic relations and conduct exchange of Ambassadors.

For the quarter of a century the relations between Belarus and the U.S. have treaded an uneasy path of...