{"id":80124,"date":"2024-04-16T13:31:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T10:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/80124\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarusian-diplomat-looking-for-diplomatic-ties-with-african-microstate","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/80124\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian diplomat seeks diplomatic ties with Eswatini"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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April 16, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Belarusian Ambassador to South Africa Ihar Bie\u0142y has discussed establishing diplomatic relations with King Mswati III <\/strong>of Eswatini, the foreign ministry’s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eswatini is a landlocked Southern African country known as Swaziland before 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting also focused on expanding political and economic ties and sharing Belarusian experience and technologies in agriculture to ensure the food security of Eswatini, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kingdom of Eswatini is smaller than Belarus’ Minsk region in size and has a population of 1.2 million people. Its economy is based on the services and manufacturing industry, contributing 50 and 37 percent to the GDP, respectively, while agriculture, forestry and mining account for 13 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has recently tasked his officials with boosting ties with Asian, African and South American countries. He said that sales in those markets plunged to less than 20 percent of the pre-sanction year of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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