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The Republic of Poland and the Republic of Belarus established diplomatic relations on March 2, 1992[1]. Poland was one of the first countries to recognise Belarusian independence.[2]. Polish and Belorussian cultures have been tied together for many centuries.
Cultural relations between the two are quite friendly but diplomatic relations between the two countries are very uncertain. Belarus has an Embassy in Warsaw, Consulates General in Gdańsk and Białystok, and a Consulate in Biała Podlaska.[3] Poland has an Embassy in Minsk and Consulates General in Brest and Hrodna.[4]
Wiktar Gaisenak is the Belarusian ambassador in Poland;[5] Tadeusz Pawlak is the Polish ambassador in Belarus.
Belarus and Poland share a common border (~418 km long) which is the European Union external border.
Poles make up 3.9% of the population of Belarus according to the 1999 Belarus Census.[6] There were 48,700 Belarusians living in Poland according to the Polish census of 2002.[7] Both the minorities represent autochthonous population of the region and are officially recognised.
In August, 2011, the arrest of Alex Belatsky using information from Poland led to a harsh war of words between the two countries.[8][9]
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