{"id":134922,"date":"2025-04-19T13:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T10:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134922\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"outgoing-belarusian-ambassador-discusses-ties-with-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134922\/","title":{"rendered":"Outgoing Belarusian ambassador discusses ties with South Africa\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Alvin Botes and Ihar Bie\u0142y\n <\/div>\n \n
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April 19, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian Ambassador Ihar Bie\u0142y met Alvin Botes, South Africa’s deputy minister of international relations and cooperation, two days ago to discuss bilateral relations, the Belarusian foreign ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bie\u0142y, who is completing his tenure, indicated plans for \u201cfurther strengthening of political and institutional dialogue,” as well as boosting cooperation in research and technology sectors and contacts in sports, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian diplomat will take over as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus and South Africa established diplomatic relations in 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trade between the two countries amounted to $32.2 million in 2021, with Belarusian exports at $22.8 million and South African imports at $9.4 million, according to Minsk, which has not released any recent data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus accounted for 0.02 percent of South African imports and 0.01 percent of exports in 2021, according to Pozirk<\/em>‘s analysis of South African official statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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