The European Union and the United States have banned members of the Belarusian government from entering their countries following an energy conflict with the Russian Federation in late 2006.

[7] NATO–Belarus relations were more cautious due to internationally recognized political prisoners, limiting working visits to the Prague Summit in May 2009 on the Eastern Partnership.

Belarus has made an important contribution to strengthening international, regional and national security and stability in Europe.

A precondition for strengthening Belarus' cooperation with NATO is to achieve an appropriate level of trust that would allow the exchange of classified information through security agreements.

The 2010 NATO–Belarus Individual Partnership Program has already included around 100 practical actions for joint implementation in areas such as: In July 2012 (extended in 2014), a new package of NATO and Belarus targets was approved (6 general, 8 land, 4 air).

After meeting with Vladimir Putin in May 2021, he stated that "in case of vigilance and intensification in NATO," Russian troops would be transferred to Belarus "within a day."

In turn, the NATO North Atlantic Council condemned Belarus' actions to forcibly land a Ryanair aircraft, as well as the arrest of Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega.