She has been awarded with the Order of Honour of the Republic of Belarus and holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Born on August 14, 1965, in Minsk, Belarus, Kupchyna graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Law of the Belarusian State University in 1987.

She started her professional career as a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences in 1990.

After joining the diplomatic service of Belarus in 1992 as Second Secretary in the International Treaties Division she quickly rose to the post of deputy director of the Legal Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[4] In her capacity as Deputy Foreign Minister in charge of Europe, Ambassador Kupchyna made a substantial contribution to a successful development of relations between Belarus and European countries and institutions, including the OSCE.