Last Updated: December 04, 2023, 10:53 IST
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in Minsk, Belarus, November 23, 2023. (Reuters)
Lukashenko hails ‘dependable’ friendship with China in talks with Xi Jinping. Visit covers commerce, economic system, funding, and worldwide cooperation
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko hailed his nation’s “reliable” friendship with China on Monday as he held talks with counterpart Xi Jinping on his second journey to Beijing this 12 months.
Lukashenko, a staunch ally of Russia, arrived in China on Sunday for a go to anticipated to final not less than two days. He and Xi will talk about points together with “trade, the economy, investment and international cooperation”, his workplace introduced on Sunday. Lukashenko final got here to China in February, a journey that drew scrutiny given Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Belarus is, was and will be a reliable partner for China,” Lukashenko informed Xi on Monday, in keeping with a readout of the talks from the workplace of the Belarusian presidency. “We decided long ago that we would cooperate… and be friends with China,” he stated. “This friendship is more than 30 years old and has never turned away from this path.”
Beijing has not publicly condemned Russia’s offensive regardless of stress from the United States and different Western nations. Belarus depends closely on Russia for political and monetary help, and was used as a launchpad for Moscow’s assault towards Ukraine in February 2022.
