Belarus–Lithuania relations

Belarus and Lithuania established diplomatic relations on 24 October 1991, shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The two countries share 680 kilometres (420 mi) of common border. Lithuania's border with Belarus is the country's longest border. For Belarus it is its 3rd-longest border.

Vilnius hosts multiple Belarusian civil society organizations, such as European Humanities University, Belarusian refugees such as Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, remains of national heroes the two countries share like Konstanty Kalinowski and has been the birthplace of Belarusian literature (Francysk Skaryna). Vilnius is the closest capital of an EU member state to Minsk. It is also the primary foreign shopping and air transit hub (via Vilnius and Kaunas airports) for Belarusians from Minsk and beyond. Minsk is the foundational place of Belarusian Lithuanian community organization, 1996 – Lithuanian Sunday school. In 1998, Lithuanian culture and art days were held here. In 2004, a Lithuanian school-course was established. In 2005 September 4 Belarusian Lithuanian Community Congress took place in Minsk. On the initiative of the Lithuanian association Vytis founded in 2012 (chairman Vladas Bublevičius), a Lithuanian language school for children has been held in the premises of the Lithuanian Embassy since 2013, courses for adults at the Maksim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University, in 2014 an evening of poetry and songs My Lithuania was organized at the Republican Center for National Cultures. From 2019 November a Lithuanian Sunday school has been operating in the Lithuanian language office of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maksim Tank. Grodno is a popular foreign shopping and tourism location for many Lithuanians due to its close proximity to the Lithuanian border and overall historical importance to Lithuania.