lukashenko warmly welcomed the distinguished guest at the palace of independence, the belarusian leader noted that we attach exceptional importance to this visit, the head of state believes that it can be historic, despite the large geographical distance, today our countries are united not only in assessing the past, but also in their views on the current... political situation, as well as on the future world order. belarus and china have established the highest level of relations of all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in history. now, according to the president, it is important to raise economic and investment cooperation to the level of political cooperation. today, china is a recognized leader in the field of innovation. it is in the people's republic of china that technological megaprojects are being implemented.

global navigation system, you built the world's largest telescope, you designed the chinese orbital station and wide-body aircraft, china is a leader in the production of batteries, solar panels, high-speed trains, electric vehicles and more. belarus since the soviet union has retained the highest competencies in microelectronics. mechanical engineering of the space industry. this year , the first belarusian cosmonaut was sent to the international space station. we are among the nuclear powers and have enormous scientific and technical capabilities, including in the it sphere. i propose defining the core task of the government of the two countries as a medium-term perspective, well, until the thirtieth year, the implementation. of a large influx of chinese

technologies into our republic. we see the development of belarus in conjunction with the concept new productive forces of china based on innovation technologies and high-quality human potential. during letyan's visit to belarus, documents will be signed that will consolidate plans for a promising partnership in key areas, in particular, the countries will sign an agreement on investments and a zone with... belarus is the first state in the eurasian economic union with which china is concluding such an agreement. according to the results of last year, minsk and beijing traded for 8.5 billion dollars, and this is only the beginning of an active development of 15 new investment projects worth 3 billion dollars with chinese partners. the government is currently discussing the most sensitive issues of bilateral cooperation between belarus and china. official negotiations between the prime minister of our country and the premier of the state council of the people's republic of china took place. first in

a narrow format, then continued in an expanded format. according to roman golovchenko, new areas of joint work will be outlined today. in terms of perspective, the economic agenda from joint bilateral projects in pharmaceuticals and energy to investment activity and export of services. active cooperation is already bearing fruit. let me remind you that litean's last visit to belarus in 2015 ended with good results and this one, there is no doubt, the parties should surpass them. one of the main goals of the current visit of the high guest.

following the negotiations in the government , it is expected that seventeen documents will be signed, including a joint communication agreement. belarusian military personnel continue to participate in operational and tactical exercises in the astrakhan regions of russia. at the ashuluk training ground, crews carried out combat launches from s-300 and tor m2k missile systems at targets simulating unmanned aerial vehicles. small targets are considered to be among the most difficult. the missilemen worked in close cooperation with...