Can you imagine a vendor voting against a customer and his own business?
On June 18, at the UN General Assembly, Belarus was the only country out of 156 countries to vote against the resolution on human rights in Myanmar. Even though Myanmar itself voted for the resolution, Russia and China abstained, despite their clear support for the junta that had carried out the coup.
But Belarus was against. It was at once explained by the crisis in relations between Minsk and the collective West : it was a protest vote. However, Belarus position can have another, much more detailed explanation. The UN resolution, among other things, implied a ban on arms supplies to Myanmar. A seller is not going to vote against the buyer and his own business, is he?