Lukashenko: All big agreements in cooperation with China should be translated into specific projects

After the climate summit in Dubai, Alexander Lukashenko went on a working visit to China on December 3 and 4. It turned out to be, it must be said, exemplary: the bilateral meeting lasted three times longer than planned! And the main feature of any meeting between Alexander Lukashenko and Xi Jinping is the format of exclusively friendly communication, which is rare in international protocol.

Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus:

“When I was preparing for this visit and questioned my colleagues about what should be done, what is not moving, in orderto tell the President about it. But we did not find a single issue on which there was no movement. The one issue I would like to discuss with you today is speed. Time is so compressed that maybe, fortunately, maybe unfortunately, that compression is not up to us. And it is so compressed that we sometimes fall behind. We don't keep up. It's not just China, Belarus. It is like this everywhere in the world. And whoever comes to his goal first will be on top. The main thing is that we have long ago decided that we will cooperate, live and be friends with China. This friendship is more than 30 years old. We have never turned left or right from this path. Therefore, there is nothing to hamper our all-weather, all-round friendship and cooperation.”

And the countries have something to boast about: since the beginning of the year, mutual trade turnover has increased by 97%, our exports - by 65 points and Belarus became a part of the Belt and Road project.