Embassy of Belarus, Berlin

Embassy of Belarus in Germany
Location	Berlin,Germany
Address	Am Treptower Park 32, 12435Berlin
Opened	1994
Relocated	1996
Ambassador	Dzianis Sidarenka
Website	Official website

TheEmbassy of BelarusinBerlin(German:Botschaft der Republik Belarus in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland,Belarusian:Пасольства Рэспублікі Беларусь у Федэратыўнай Рэспубліцы Германія) is the diplomatic mission ofBelarustoGermany.The current Belarusianambassadorto Germany isDzianis Sidarenka.

History

The short-livedBelarusian Democratic Republic,which declared independence in March 1918, has established an extraordinary diplomatic mission in Berlin which was active in 1919 – 1925.Although the republic received no diplomatic recognition by Germany, its representation was officially registered with the German foreign ministry in March 1919.Representatives of the Belarusian Democratic Republic had official contacts with the German governmentand meetings with the German foreign ministerWalter Simons.The mission was actively engaged in helping Belarusian war prisoners, publishing information about Belarus. It was also a coordinating centre for diplomatic missions of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in several other countries.The diplomatic mission was located at Motzstrasse 21, apt. 30, and the Belarusian Press Bureau (Weißruthenisches Pressebüro), affiliated with the diplomatic mission, was located at Kaiser-Allee 209.

In 1923, Germany formally established diplomatic relations with the Soviet-controlledBelarusian Soviet Socialist Republic.However, no effective bilateral relations were conducted and no embassies opened in either Minsk or Berlin at that time.

After the restoration of the independence of Belarus following thecollapse of the Soviet Union,the diplomatic relations with Germany were officially restored in 1992 with reference to the diplomatic relations established in 1923.

The embassy of Belarus in Germany was officially opened in Bonn, Fritz-Schäffer-Straße 20, in 1994 by ambassadorPiotra Sadoŭskiin the presence of ministerPiatro Kraŭčankaand German State Secretary of the Foreign MinistryDieter Kastrup.

In 1996, the embassy was relocated toBerlinfollowing the city’srestoration as the German capital.

Current buildings

The embassy occupies two 19th-century villas. One of these served as a residential building before theSecond World Warand later became a post office in the times of theGerman Democratic Republic.In December 1996, the building was acquired by theRepublic of Belarus.

The second building was known asVilla Luiseand was built by architectPaul Höfchenin 1888. The house was mentioned byTheodor Fontanein hisWanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg.

Ambassadors

Belarusian Democratic Republic (heads of the extraordinary diplomatic mission)

• Arkadź Smolič(May – August 1919)
• Lavon Zajac(August – October 1919)
• Leanid Barkoŭ (October 1919 – 1921)
• Andrej Baroŭski (1921 – 1925)

Republic of Belarus (ambassadors)

• Piotra Sadoŭski(1992 – 1994)
• Piotr Bialiayeu (1995 – 1998)
• Uladzimir Skvartsou (1999 – 2009)
• Andrej Hiro (2009 – 2015)
• Dzianis Sidarenka (since 2016)

Links

• Official website
• Адкрыцьцё амбасады Рэспублікі Беларусь у Нямеччыне, 1994 г. (Відэа)[Opening ceremony of the embassy of Belarus in Germany, 1994 (video)] - Official website of theRada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic