Białoruska polityka neutralności i bezatomowości w latach 90.
Neutrality and nuclear weapons in foreign policy of the Republic of Belarus in 1990s

Summary/Abstract: After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus attempted to build its own national statehood. One of the first concepts of their foreign policy was aspiration to be neutral and nuclearfree state. This conception was considered a milestone on the road to full independence from Russia. In years of 1992-1994 Belarus significantly reduced its military forces. In May 1992, they signed the Lisbon Protocol and together with Ukraine and Kazakhstan entered the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. This resulted in elimination or removal to Russia all of the strategic nuclear warheads from Belarusian territory. The process of gaining neutrality practically stopped in 1993 due to their access to the Collective Security Treaty Organization. This led Belarus to deepen political and military dependence on Russia.

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