Editing Alexander Lukashenko (section)

==== Middle East ====
Following the [[2014 Syrian presidential election]], President Lukashenko congratulated President [[Bashar al-Assad]]. His cable "expressed keenness to strengthen and develop bilateral relations between Belarus and Syria in all fields for the benefit of the two peoples."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://syriatimes.sy/index.php/presidential-elections/13290-president-assad-receives-congratulations-from-the-president-of-belarus-confidence-in-syria-elimination-of-current-crisis|title=President Assad receives Congratulations from the President of Belarus: Confidence in Syria Elimination of Current Crisis|website=Syriatimes.com|access-date=16 September 2017|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331021419/http://syriatimes.sy/index.php/presidential-elections/13290-president-assad-receives-congratulations-from-the-president-of-belarus-confidence-in-syria-elimination-of-current-crisis|url-status=live}}</ref>

Belarus condemned the [[NATO]]-led [[2011 military intervention in Libya|military intervention in Libya]], and the foreign ministry stated that "the missile strikes and bombings on the territory of Libya go beyond Resolution 1973 of the UN Security Council and are in breach of its principal goal, ensuring safety of the civilian population. The Republic of Belarus calls on the states involved with the military operation to cease, with immediate effect, the military operations which lead to human casualties. The settlement of the conflict is an internal affair of Libya and should be carried out by the Libyan people alone without military intervention from outside."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.by/en/press/news_mfa/f75073a623f49a26.html|title=Statement released by the Foreign Ministry in connection with the missile strikes and bombings on Libya|website=Mfa.gov.by|access-date=20 April 2016|archive-date=26 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326150329/http://mfa.gov.by/en/press/news_mfa/f75073a623f49a26.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They did not recognize the [[National Transitional Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=After Much Wrangling, General Assembly Seats National Transitional Council of Libya as Country's Representative for Sixty-Sixth Session |url=https://press.un.org/en/2011/ga11137.doc.htm |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=United Nations}}</ref>

Upon hearing the news regarding the death of Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]], Alexander Lukashenko said that "aggression has been committed, and the country's leadership, not only Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed. And how was it killed? Well, if they had shot him in a battle, it's one thing, but they humiliated and tormented him, they shot at him, they violated him when he was wounded, they twisted his neck and arms, and then they tortured him to death. It's worse than the Nazis once did." He also condemned the current situation of Libya and was critical regarding the future of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/russia-and-former-soviet-union/lukashenko-outraged-by-gaddafis-treatment.html#.T-6i5heODUg|title=Lukashenko outraged by Gaddafi's treatment|date=4 November 2011|website=Kyivpost.com|access-date=25 December 2017|archive-date=4 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704093609/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/russia-and-former-soviet-union/lukashenko-outraged-by-gaddafis-treatment.html#.T-6i5heODUg|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wireupdate.com/libya-belarusian-president-lukashenko-says-nato-did-worse-than-the-nazis.html |title=Libya: Belarusian President Lukashenko says NATO 'did worse than the Nazis' |access-date=25 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704095225/http://wireupdate.com/libya-belarusian-president-lukashenko-says-nato-did-worse-than-the-nazis.html |archive-date=4 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>