Отношения между Республикой Беларусь и Латвийской Республикой в политической и торгово-экономической областях (1991 - 2001 гг.)

Abstract

The article studies bilateral relations between Belarus and Latvia in political, commercial and economic spheres in the period of 1991—2001. It gives the characteristics of fundamental instruments of bilateral cooperation such as: the Declaration on Principles of Neighbourly Relations (16.12.1991), the Treaty on Delimitation of the State Border (21.2.1994), the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Principles of Commercial and Economic Cooperation (21.2.1994), the Agreement on Promotion and Security of Investments (3.3.1998), the Agreement on Avoiding Double Taxation and Prevention of Income Tax Avoidance (18.7.1995). The article pays attention to official contacts and also inter-parliamentary relations between Belarus and Latvia. The article analyses commercial and economic links between Belarus and Latvia and presents a table of trade turnover of both states within the 1995—2001 period. It reflects cooperation between juridical entities of both states and the activities of the Bilateral Commercial and Economic commission of Belarus and Latvia established according to the Protocol to the Agreement on the Commercial and Economic Cooperation between the two states. The paper also reveals some political and economic issues that create difficulties in bilateral relations between Belarus and Latvia.