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Embassies & Related Offices

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See also section Embassies of Belarus in Other Countries
See also section Belarus' Ambassadors to Other Countries
See also Current Ambassadors of the NIS and the Baltic States at the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce Web Page FYI: Not always up to date information.

Embassy of the Republic of Belarus, Washington, DC, USA

[ Photo: Belarusian Embassy, Wash., DC ]

Mikhail Khvostov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to USA and Mexico (former Belarusian Foreign Minister)
Former Chief of Mission: Ambassador Valery Tsepkalo (from May 14, 1997 until ?, 2003)

An example of what he did while in Washington: write letters defending the Lukashenka regime. How much truth and how many lies can you find in the following: Re: Belarus No Bully (Letter to the editor, The Washington Post, April, 2000).
Former Chief of Mission: Ambassador Sergey Nikolayevich Martynov [info from 1994; Nov., 1995; also spelled "Syarhei Martynan"]

TEL: (202) 986-1604

FAX: (202) 986-1805

Official Belarus Embassy in Washington, DC Web page

Diplomatic Staff, as of Summer/Fall, 2002 Information from US State Department Web site
- Also still available on Web site: Diplomatic Staff, as of Summer, 2000 Information from US State Department Web site
Mikhail Khvostov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to USA and Mexico (former Belarusian Foreign Minister)

Mr. Sergei A. Rachkov; Mrs. Maria V. Rachkova -- Counselor (Charge D'Affaires ad interim)

Mr. Sergei M. Didenko; Mrs. Olga Y. Didenko -- Counselor

Mr. Aleksandr K. Khmurets; Mrs. Miraslava Khmurets -- Counselor

Mr. Andrei V. Andreev; Mrs. Valeria Andreeva -- First Secretary

Mr. Valery Kavaleuski -- First Secretary

Mr. Sergei V. Skvortsov -- First Secretary

Mr. Viktor Saverchenko; Mrs. Olga Saverchenko -- Second Secretary

Miss Elena Sergeeva -- Second Secretary (Consular)

Colonel Aleksandr V. Korbut; Mrs. Olga Korbut -- Defense, Military, Naval & Air Attache

Consulate of the Republic of Belarus, New York, New York, USA

708 Third Avenue, Suite 1802
New York, NY 10017

TEL: (212) 682-5392

FAX: (212) 682-5491

United Nations Office in Belarus (including UN Development Programme)

Contact information:

Mail PostBag: 220050, G.P.O. 103

Phone: 375 (17) 227-8149, 227-7971, 227-4876

Fax: 375 (17) 226-0340

E-mail: registry@un.minsk.by, undp@un.minsk.by

Internet homepage: http://www.un.minsk.by

UN Resident Coordinator: Neil Buhne

Contact: Sergey Opanasets

U.S. Embassy in Mensk, Belarus

Embassy of Great Britain & Northern Ireland in Mensk

British Ambassador to Belarus:

(former: Jessica Pearce)

Address: 37 Karl Marx Street 220030 Minsk, Belarus

Telephone: (375) (172) 105-920/1
(375) (172) 292310 Visa Section (Recorded Information)

Fax: (375) (172) 292-306 (375) (172) 292-311

Visa Section E-mail: pia@bepost.belpak.minsk.by

Office Hours (GMT):

Embassy of Bulgaria in Mensk

TEL: 36-70-56
FAX: 27-55-02

info from UNIBEL Web site

Embassy of China in Mensk

Chinese Ambassador to Belarus:

Storozhevskaya 15
Hotel Belarus

info from UNIBEL Web site

European Commission Delegation to Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine

Head of the European Commission Delegation to Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine:

previous ambassador: Louis Moreno

Embassy of France in Mensk

French Ambassador to Belarus:

Pl. Svabody, 11 (11, Place de la liberte)
Mensk 220030
Belarus

TEL: 375.172.10.28.68
FAX: 375.172.10.25.48

Embassy of India in Mensk

India's Ambassador to Belarus: Madhu Bhaduri

4 Koltsova Street, Block No 5
Mensk 220090
Belarus

TEL: 7-0172-629399, 627739
FAX: 7-0172-629799

Some of the preceding info at the following Web Site in Japan: http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/asia/india/jitnet/india/ibeo/co/bela.htm (that Web site last updated: August 1995)

Embassy of Lithuania in Mensk

Lithuanian Ambassador to Belarus:

(previous: Viktoras Baublis)

68 Zakharova Street (new location and telephone numbers, September 25, 2000)
Mensk 22???
Belarus

TEL: 375 (017) 285-24-48 (general)
FAX: 375 (017) 285-24-49 (consular)

Armenia's Ambassador to Belarus: Suren Arutyunyan

Austria's Ambassador to Belarus: Franz Cede (Presented credentials on June 9, 2000.)

Bulgaria's Ambassador to Belarus: see details, above

Cambodia's Ambassador to Belarus: Ross Kong (Presented credentials on Dec. 21, 1999.)

Canada's Ambassador to Belarus: (Canadian ambassador to Poland is also accredited as the country's ambassador to Belarus)

China's (mainland) Ambassador to Belarus: see details, above

The Czech Republic's Ambassador to Belarus: ( ? )

Estonia's Consul General to Belarus: Jaanus Varu

France's Ambassador to Belarus: see details, above

Germany's Ambassador to Belarus: Horst Winkelmann presented credentials, May 26, 1998; previous ambassador had been Gottfried Albrecht

India's Ambassador to Belarus: see details, above

Iran's Ambassador to Belarus: Ahmad Sadeg-Bonab (as of November 12, 1999; & he is also Iran's ambassador to Ukraine)

Iraq's Ambassador to Belarus: Mustafa Abud al-Duri (as Charge d'Affaires; November 16, 2000)

Israel's Ambassador to Belarus: Martin Peled-Flex (previous Charge d'Affaires: Amir Ofek)

Italy's Ambassador to Belarus: Giovanni Ceruti

Japan's Ambassador to Belarus: Minoru Tamba (he is also ambassador to the Russian Federation; presented credentials, June 9, 2000)

Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Belarus: Vladimir Alesin

Kyrgyzstan's Ambassador to Belarus: Rysbek Kachkeyev (presented credentials, August 23, 2000)

Latvia's Ambassador to Belarus: ?

Latvian Consulate in Vitebsk (Belarus). Information is in English, Latvian, & Russian: http://www.mfa.gov.lv/lrkv/indexen.htm

Lebanon's Ambassador to Belarus (and Russia): Boutros Assaker (presented credentials, August 23, 2000)

Lithuania's Ambassador to Belarus: see details, above

Madagascar's Ambassador to Belarus [& Russia]: Victor Nelson Andriamanohisoa (presented credentials, January 4, 2001)

New Zealand's Ambassador to Belarus: John Larkindale (a new one presented credentials, April 28, 2000 ? )

Poland's Ambassador to Belarus: Mariusz Maszkiewicz (as of June, 1998; previous ambassador: Ewa Teresa Spichalska)

Portugal's Ambassador to Belarus: Jose Gomes (The first Portuguese ambassador to Belarus; presented credentials on Dec. 21, 1999.)

The Romanian Charge d'Affaires to Belarus: Leontin Pastor

The Russian Federation's Ambassador to Belarus: Valery Loshchinin

Spain's Ambassador to Belarus: Jose Luis de Vega (presented credentials, April 28, 2000)

Switzerland's Ambassador to Poland & Belarus: Paul Andre Ramseyer (Note: He is based in Warsaw.)

Turkey's Ambassador to Belarus: Sule Soysal (presented credentials, March 27, 1998)

Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Belarus: Ilya Veldzhanov

Ukraine's Ambassador to Belarus: Anatoly Dron

The United Kingdom's (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Ambassador to Belarus: see details, above

The United States Ambassador to Belarus: see details, above

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's Ambassador to Belarus: Milorad Radevic (presented his credentials, Oct. 3, 2000; former ambassador, Nikola Pejakovic, left in late August, 2000)

Belarus' Ambassadors to Other Countries

Note: See also the Embassies section

Ambassador-at-Large: Nina Mazai
Ambassador-at-Large: Vasily Sholodonov (current ambassador ?)
To the United Nations: Sergei Ling (appointed: August 11, 2000; presented credentials, Sept. 26, 2000 (he had been Prime Minister); had been: Alyaksandr Sychou)
Permanent Representative to NATO: Vladimir Labunov (first person so appointed, March 24, 1998; he is also Belarus' ambassador to Belgium)
To Argentina: Vadim Lazerko (appointed: Oct. 8, 1999; also appointed as ambassador to Chile and Uruguay -- January 24, 2000)
To Austria (and Vienna-based International Organizations, including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)): Viktor Gaisyonok, (appointed, May 19, 2000; had been Valentin Fisenko)
To Bangladesh: Aleksandr (Vladimir ? ) Sokolovsky (appointed, Dec. 18, 1999; presented credentials, February,2000; also ambassador to India)
To Belgium: Vladimir Labunov (he is also Belarus' permanent representative to NATO)
To Bulgaria: Aleksandr Gerasimenko
To Canada: Mikhail Khvostov (appointed to also represent Belarus to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), although Belarus is not an official member: Nov. 4, 1999)
To Chile: Vadim Lazerko (appointed: Jan. 24, 2000, as well as to Uruguay; also appointed as ambassador to Argentina--Oct. 8, 1999)
To China: Vladimir Rusakevich (appointed: July 21, 2000; presented credentials August 31, 2000)
To Estonia, Finland, and Latvia: Aleksandr Gerasimenko
To France: Vladimir Senko
To Germany: Vladimir Skvortsov (appointed: Sept. 3, 1999; presented credentials: mid-Oct. 1999)
To Hungary: Andrei Yevdochenko (appointed, November 24, 1999)
To India: Vladimir Sokolovsky (Sokolovski) (appointed, March 13, 1998; presented credentials, June, 1998; also ambassador to Bangladesh)
To Iran: Leonid Rachkov (appointed, February 5, 1998)
To Iraq: Igor Syrets (as Charge d'Affaires; appointed, September, 2000)
To Italy: Natalya Drozd (appointed, February 5, 1998; presented credentials, early May, 1998)
To Japan: Piotr Kravchenko (appointed, January 19, 1998; presented credentials, late April, 1998)
To Laos and Thailand: Oleg Chekunov (appointed: Oct. 8, 1999)
To Libya: Aleksandr Derevyashko (appointed: Oct. 24, 2000; he had been the first deputy chairman of the State Customs Committee)
To Lithuania: Yevgeny Voitovich
To Malta: Natalya Drozd (appointed: Sept. 17, 1999)
To Moldova: Vasily Sakovich (appointed: Sept. 3, 1999)
To the Netherlands (and resident representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons): Vladimir Gerasimovich (appointed: August 11, 2000; had been: Vladimir Labunov)
To Poland: Nikolai Krechko (appointed: March 31, 2000; had been: Viktor Bursky)
To Philippines: Pyotr Kravchenko (appointed, Dec. 18, 1999)
To Romania: Grigory Kisel (appointed, July 21, 2000; had been Anatoly Butevich)
To South Africa: Anatoly Akhramchuk (presented credentials: Mar. 10, 2000)
To South Korea: Aleksandr Semeshko (appointed: Oct. 8, 1999)
To Sweden: Oleg Yermolovich (appointed: Sept. 3, 1999)
To Switzerland: Stanislav Ogurtsov
To Thailand and Laos: Oleg Chekunov (appointed: Oct. 8, 1999)
To Turkey: Nikolai Lepeshko
To Ukraine: Vitaly Kurashik
To the United Arab Emirates: Vladimir Sulimsky (presented credentials in UAE: May 29, 2000)
To the United Kingdom (Great Britain, etc.): Valery Sadokho (appointed, July 14, 2000) (had been, Uladzimir Matusevich)
To the USA & Mexico: Mikhail Khvostov (former position: Foreign Minister) (appointed, March 21, 2003)
To Uruguay: Vadim Lazerko (appointed: Jan. 24, 2000, as well as to Chile; also appointed as ambassador to Argentina--Oct. 8, 1999)
To Uzbekistan: Nikolai Demchuk (appointed: March 31, 2000)
To Vietnam: Oleg Chekunov (appointed, February 5, 1998; presented credentials, April 24th; Belarus' first ambassador to Vietnam. Mr Chekunkov had previously served as senior expert and trade representative in the Belarusian Trade Mission in Ho Chi Minh City [Saigon], 1993-1996)

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