Parlament Białorusi – kompetencje w obszarze polityki zagranicznej
The Parliament of Belarus – competences in the area of foreign policy

Summary/Abstract: The National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus as legislative authority representation mainlyplays a legislative role. However, both Chambers of the Belarusian Parliament are also involved inthe process of implementing the country foreign policy. They perform it through the activities withinthe framework of multilateral cooperation or bilateral cooperation. They consider legislative issuesrelated to international agreements or the approval of foreign policy orientations. The presentation ofthe above issue required an analysis of the Belarusian Parliament constitutional status in the contextof international relations, as well as normative acts that regulate the political and legal aspects of activities in the discussed area. Therefore, an institutional and legal analysis, as well as a comparativemethod were mainly used. The analysis of legal bases of the Belarusian Parliament activities withinthe framework of foreign policy allowed to present the aspects related to the organisation of these activities, as well as to characterise competence, and to assess the Parliament role within this area.The results of the carried-out studies showed that the position of the National Assembly in foreignpolicy, despite its entitled competence, is small or not fully exploited.

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