Editing Alexander Lukashenko (section)

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His policies have been praised by some other world leaders. In response to a question about Belarus's domestic policies, President [[Hugo Chávez]] of [[Venezuela]] said "We see here a model social state like the one we are beginning to create."<ref>{{cite news|date=25 July 2005|title=Chavez forges ties with Belarus|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5209868.stm|url-status=live|access-date=17 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308055118/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5209868.stm|archive-date=8 March 2007}}</ref> In 2015, Lukashenko sought to improve trade relations between Belarus and Latin America.<ref>{{cite news|date=25 June 2015|title=Lukashenko highlights Belarus' cooperation with Latin America|publisher=Belarusian News|url=http://eng.belta.by/all_news/president/Lukashenko-highlights-Belarus-cooperation-with-Latin-America_i_82783.html|url-status=dead|access-date=7 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708140333/http://eng.belta.by/all_news/president/Lukashenko-highlights-Belarus-cooperation-with-Latin-America_i_82783.html|archive-date=8 July 2015}}</ref>

In March 2022, Australia sanctioned Lukashenko for giving "[[Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine|strategic support to Russia and its military forces]]" in the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/australia-places-additional-sanctions-russia-and-belarus |title=Australia places additional sanctions on Russia and Belarus |publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |date=25 March 2022 |access-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325120854/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/australia-places-additional-sanctions-russia-and-belarus |archive-date=25 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2022, he was blacklisted by New Zealand<ref>{{Cite web|author=[[Nanaia Mahuta]]|date=16 May 2022|title=Belarusian leaders and defence entities targeted under latest round of sanctions|url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/belarusian-leaders-and-defence-entities-targeted-under-latest-round-sanctions|accessdate=1 March 2023|work=[[Government of New Zealand]]|language=en|archive-date=1 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301162639/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/belarusian-leaders-and-defence-entities-targeted-under-latest-round-sanctions|url-status=live}}</ref> and Japan<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/03/08/national/japan-russia-belarus-sanctions-ukraine/ |title=Japan hits Russia and Belarus with more sanctions over Ukraine invasion |date=8 March 2022 |access-date=4 April 2023 |work=[[The Japan Times]] |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404211410/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/03/08/national/japan-russia-belarus-sanctions-ukraine/ |url-status=live }}</ref> on the same grounds.

In September 2023, Lukashenko, reacting to the [[2023 North Korea–Russia summit]], proposed a three-way cooperation pact with Russia and [[North Korea]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-belarus-north-korea-putin-lukashenko-kim-82a192e032d1cda8bbbb68ddc9751c38|title=Belarus leader proposes three-way cooperation with Russia's Putin and North Korea's Kim|date=15 September 2023|website=AP News}}</ref>

At the December 2024 summit of the [[Eurasian Economic Union]], Armenian Prime Minister [[Nikol Pashinyan]] engaged in a heated argument with Lukashenko during a livestream attended by other EEU leaders after Pashinyan refused Lukashenko's invitation to visit Belarus for the next EEU summit, citing Minsk's support for Azerbaijan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An altercation erupts at a high-level meeting of a Russia-dominated economic union |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-economic-union-belarus-armenia-1dc20197b7c743f18f8d86b923473132 |access-date=27 December 2024|website=[[Associated Press]]|date=26 December 2024 }}</ref>