Общая характеристика двусторонних отношений Беларуси со странами Балтии (1990-2002 гг.)

Abstract

The article consists of two parts. In the first part of this work the relations with the Baltic states on the scale of Belarusian foreign policy are examined, in the second part the place and role of the Republic of Belarus in the foreign policy of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are researched. The dynamics if Belarusian-Baltic relations is shown. The author distinguishes two periods in the developments of these relations and gives them a rather detailed characteristization. Special attention is paid to the political sphere of the relations between Belarus with Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The official position of the Belarusian side as well as the Baltic states concerning bilateral Belarusian-Baltic relations and also the views of experts on these questions are given in the article. The author describes the characteristic of the priorities of the foreign policies of Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia and shows general and special features of the Belarusian-Latvian, Belarusian-Lithuanian and Belarusian-Estonian relations. The author also defines some prospects of the development of intergovernmental cooperation between Belarus and the Baltic states and gives the arguments in favour of the "Baltic vector" of the Belarusian foreign policy intensification.