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List of international presidential trips made by Alexander Lukashenko

Alexander Lukashenko attending a concert hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, 2025

Alexander Lukashenko, the first and only President of Belarus, has made several international visits since he assumed office on 20 July 1994.

1990s

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Country Areas visited Dates Details
Russia Moscow 3 August 1994 Working visit. Met with President Boris Yeltsin and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. [1]
Denmark Copenhagen 10-12 March 1995 Attended the World Summit for Social Development.[2]
Syria Damascus 11-13 March 1998 Official visit. Met with President Hafez al-Assad.[3]
Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade 14 April 1999 Official visit. Met with President Slobodan Milošević.[4]
Russia Moscow 7-8 December 1999 Met with President Boris Yeltsin and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Signed the Treaty on the Creation of a Union State of Russia and Belarus.[5]

2000s

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Alexander Lukashenko and Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria, 2003
Country Areas visited Dates Details
Libya Tripoli 30 October – 1 November 2000 Official visit. Met with Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution Muammar Gaddafi and Minister of Defense Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr.[6]
Russia Saint Petersburg 30 May 2003 Attended celebrations of the 300th anniversary of Saint Petersburg. Met with President Vladimir Putin.[7]
Syria Damascus 9-10 December 2003 Official visit. Met with President Bashar al-Assad.[8]
Ukraine Kiev 27-28 October 2004 Attended Liberation Day celebrations. Laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.[9]
Lebanon Beirut 2-4 February 2005 State visit. Met with President Émile Lahoud and Prime Minister Omar Karami.[10]
Russia Moscow 24-25 April 2007 Working visit. Attended the state funeral of Boris Yeltsin.[11]
Venezuela Caracas 6-9 December 2007 State visit.[12]
Italy Rome 27-28 April 2009 Working visit. Met with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.[13]
Vatican City Vatican City 27 April 2009 Working visit. Met with Pope Benedict XVI.[14]
Lithuania Vilnius 16 September 2009 Working visit. Met with President Dalia Grybauskaitė.[15]
Ukraine Kiev 5-6 November 2009 Working visit. Met with President Viktor Yushchenko.[16]

2010s

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Alexander Lukashenko and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, 2019
Country Areas visited Dates Details
Turkey Istanbul 2 October 2010 Working visit. Met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[17]
Venezuela Caracas 27 June 2012 Official visit. Met with President Hugo Chávez.[18]
Venezuela Caracas 7-8 March 2013 Attended the state funeral of Hugo Chávez.[19]
Ukraine Kiev 18 July 2013 Official visit. Met with President Viktor Yanukovych and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Rybak.[20]
Moldova Chișinău 24-25 September 2014 Official visit. Met with President Nicolae Timofti.[21]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 28-29 October 2014 Working visit.[22]
Russia Moscow 23 December 2014 Working visit. Attended the CIS summit and the SEEC meeting.[23]
Russia Moscow 3 March 2015 Working visit. Attended a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State.[24]
United States New York City 26-29 September 2015 Working visit. Visited the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Attended the UN Summit on Sustainable Development. Addressed the general debate of the seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly.[25]
Italy Rome 20-21 May 2016 Working visit. Met with President Sergio Mattarella.[26]
Vatican City Vatican City 21 May 2016 Working visit. Met with Pope Francis.[27]
Egypt Cairo 15-16 January 2017 Working visit. Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[28]
Ukraine Kiev 20-21 July 2017 Official visit. Met with President Petro Poroshenko.[29] Visited the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide.[30]
India New Delhi 11-12 September 2017 State visit. Met with President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[31]
Ukraine Zhytomyr 3-4 October 2019 Working visit. Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Attended the Second Forum of the Regions of Ukraine and the Republic of Belarus.[32]
Austria Vienna 12-13 November 2019 Official visit. Met with President Alexander Van der Bellen and Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.[33]

2020s

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Alexander Lukashenko and Ilham Aliyev in Baku, Azerbaijan, 2021
Country Areas visited Dates Details
Egypt Cairo 19-20 February 2020 Working visit. Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[34]
Russia Moscow 24 June 2020 Attended the 2020 Moscow Victory Day Parade.[35]
Azerbaijan Baku 13-14 April 2021 Working visit.[36]
Tajikistan Dushanbe 11-12 October 2022 Official visit.[37]
Zimbabwe Harare 30 January – 1 February 2023 Official visit. Met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa.[38]
China Beijing February 28 – 2 March 2023 Official visit. Met with General Secretary Xi Jinping.[39]
Iran Tehran 13-14 March 2023 Working visit. Met with President Ebrahim Raisi.[40]
Russia Moscow 9 May 2023 Attended the 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade.[41]
Uzbekistan Tashkent 7-8 February 2024 Working visit. Met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.[42]
Russia Moscow 9 May 2024 Attended the 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade.[43]
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 1-4 June 2024 State visit.[44]
Russia Kazan 22-24 October 2024 Attended the 16th BRICS Summit.[45]
Azerbaijan Baku 12-22 November 2024 Attended the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[46]
Pakistan Islamabad 25-27 November 2024 Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.[47]
Kazakhstan Astana 27-28 November 2024 Working visit. Attended the CSTO summit.[48]
Oman Muscat 14-18 December 2024 Working visit. Met with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq.[49]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 18-22 December 2024 Working visit. Met with Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi and President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.[50]
Russia Volgograd 29 April 2025 Working visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin.[51]
Russia Moscow 8-9 May 2025 Attended the 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade.[52]
China Beijing 2-4 June 2025 Official visit. Met with General Secretary Xi Jinping.[53]
Russia Valaam 1 August 2025 Working visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin. Visited the Valaam Monastery.[54]

References

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  2. ^ "Visit to Denmark and meeting with the UN Secretary General". 1995-03-12. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  3. ^ "Syria and Belarus agree to promote trade". 1998-03-13. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  4. ^ "Under 'democratic' bombs. Unique archive video of Lukashenko's historic visit to Belgrade released". 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
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  6. ^ "Lukashenko for Libya". 2000-10-25. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  7. ^ "Visit by President Alexander Lukashenko to St. Petersburg (press release by press service of the President)". 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  8. ^ "President of Belarus Leaves for Syria on 2-Day Official Visit". 2003-12-09. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  9. ^ "President of Belarus Takes Part in Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Liberation of Ukraine". 2004-10-28. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  10. ^ "Presidents of Belarus and Lebanon Satisfied with the Talks They Had (press release by press service of the President)". 2005-02-04. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  11. ^ "FACTBOX-Dignitaries attending funeral of Boris Yeltsin". 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  12. ^ "Venezuela and Belarus Strengthen Strategic Alliance". 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  13. ^ "Lukashenko, Berlusconi discuss Belarus rapprochement with Europe". 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
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  17. ^ "Working visit to Turkey". 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
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  21. ^ "Official visit to the Republic of Moldova". 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  22. ^ "Working visit to the United Arab Emirates". 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  23. ^ "Working visit to the Russian Federation". 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
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  42. ^ "Lukashenko In Uzbekistan To Talk Trade". 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
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