Complicit Dossier

Foreign state support · state · Belarus

Belarus

  • Reported or alleged link, not established
  • Grade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
  • 3 documented ties · 1 step from the SAF

Also recorded as: Belarus (second-pass update)

Pre-war and 2023 supplier per SIPRI (first pass). Second pass found only civil/economic contact: the 5th Joint Belarusian-Sudanese Commission for Cooperation met in Minsk on 7 May 2026.

Their response

  • None sought/found.

Records

2

Each record carries its own grade. A grade describes the source for that record, not the actor.

Grade A: Official record

Belarus (second-pass update)

7 May 2026 (commission meeting)mixed sourcing

Pre-war and 2023 supplier per SIPRI (first pass). Second pass found only civil/economic contact: the 5th Joint Belarusian-Sudanese Commission for Cooperation met in Minsk on 7 May 2026.

Why this grade
A (for the meeting only); no evidence of wartime military supply beyond SIPRI first-pass entry
Response
None sought/found.
Sanctions
None Sudan-related
›Research notes

Belarus MFA describes 'prospects for intensifying Belarusian-Sudanese cooperation as the situation normalises' and trade; no military content. Comtrade: no Belarusian arms export row to Sudan 2022-2025 (Belarus may not report). No investigative reporting on Belarus-SAF arms found; Sudan Tribune items returned by search were pre-war archive pieces. UNTESTED beyond this.

  1. 1Belarus MFA: First Deputy FM Lukashevich meets Honorary Consul of Belarus in Sudan · mfa.gov.by · 8 May 2026
  2. 2UN Comtrade public preview API: reporter-declared exports to Sudan (partner 729), HS 93, 8710, 8802, 8806, 3602, 3603, 2801, years 2022-2025 · comtradeapi.un.org · 3 Oct 2026

1 more record below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more record at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Relationships

4

← means the other party acts on this one; → means this one acts on the other.

Ownership and control · 1

Arms and supply · 1

1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more relationship at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Money · 1

1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Other recorded relations · 1

Dated events

6

  1. OFAC designates Belarus's state-controlled cargo carrier Transaviaexport (now TAE Avia), saying it 'has shipped thousands of tons of ammunition and weapons to foreign conflict zones, such as in Libya'. home.treasury.gov

    Grade A: Official record

  2. 5th Joint Belarusian-Sudanese Commission for Cooperation meets in Minsk (no military content reported). mfa.gov.by

    Grade A: Official record

  3. Belarus and Sudan sign a general agreement on export credits in Minsk. reform.news

    Grade B: Corroborated

  4. Sudan-Belarus joint commission preparatory meeting; Sudan's energy ministry says it seeks project financing from the Development Bank of Belarus. reform.news

    Grade B: Corroborated

  5. Flight tracker counts 'at least 27 suspected cargo flights' from Türkiye, Egypt and Belarus to Port Sudan, Massawa and East Oweinat between 3 July and 8 August (single source). x.com

    Grade D: Unverified lead

  6. Sudan and Belarus sign the second export-financing agreement at the Development Bank of Belarus in Minsk; first tranche put at over US$100m. facebook.com

    Grade A: Official record

3 more events below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

1 more event at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more event at grade D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Geography

Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.

Based in
Belarus

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

Connected to the SAF only when single-source claims are counted.