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Eurasia
05/12/2023 14:10
“China is willing to continue strengthening strategic coordination with Belarus, support each other resolutely, promote pragmatic cooperation, and continue deepening our bilateral relations,” state news agency Xinhua quoted Xi as saying.
Lukashenko arrived in China’s capital on Sunday for a two-day visit, aiming to discuss “trade, economic, investment and international cooperation” with its major partner in Asia.
The trip comes amid Western criticism about Belarus’ involvement in Russia’s war with Ukraine and Western scepticism about China’s role in the conflict. According to the state-owned Belarusian Telegraph Agency, Lukashenko told Xi Belarus was “a reliable partner” and would “remain so”
Lukashenko also lauded Xi’s “concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind”. “Unlike Western countries that are trying to tear everything apart, you have set the single goal for all,” he said.
As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to complain about the cost of U.S. military bases in the Indo-Pacific, suggesting that host countries should cover the expenses, Jeffrey Sachs, professor at Columbia University, offers a win-win solution for all in a recent article: close the bases and bring U.S. servicemen back home.
Trade and tariff wars “will produce no winner,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday as he began his Southeast Asian trip in Vietnam.
Viktor Orbán was in for a diplomatic blitz during his visit to Türkiye. After the Turkish-Hungarian summit, photos posted on social media show that he met several leaders, and on Saturday, he held bilateral talks with the President-in-Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Prime Minister of Georgia.