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belarus-china - a new level of bilateral relations, trade, economic, investment and international cooperation were discussed by the presidents of the two countries. there will be no military donations. bulgaria vetoed the provision of armored personnel carriers to ukraine. a rather large budget hole was discovered in the british army, with $22 billion missing. minsk ... arrival of military-patriotic clubs of belarus and russia, who took the prize money places, we'll tell you. the time-tested friendship, all-weather, comprehensive strategic nature of belarusian-chinese relations was confirmed by the leaders of our countries. alexander lukashenko and xidin ping held talks today as part of our president’s working visit to china. air force one arrived in beijing the night before. this year is already the second. visit of the head

of the belarusian state to the celestial empire, our countries have been steadily increasing their interaction through bilateral contact for more than a quarter of a century. during this time it was possible to repeatedly strengthen the belarusian-chinese friendship, it is also commonly called the iron brotherhood, this especially emphasizes the strong bonds of partnership. today, issues of trade, economic, investment and international cooperation are on the agenda for high-level negotiations. our president emphasized that the new level of bilateral relations has become an impetus for deepening both traditional... and the start of new vectors of cooperation. thanks to this, it is possible to quickly implement many agreements, and the latter during the previous state alexander lukashenko's visit to china in march exceeded $3 billion from $2 billion. dear chairman, dear friend, i am grateful to you for this meeting, i know that it has not been easy for you lately, there are a huge number of meetings, international meetings, not to mention domestic ones.

politics, but as i was thinking about this thesis , i thought, well, this is the time of one of the leaders of our planet, so we have to endure, so i am very grateful to you for this meeting, for the efficiency, i am glad to discuss with you today in a friendly atmosphere current issues of cooperation, and as it has always been between us, to express our point of view on certain problems of international relations, the development of comprehensive and all-weather strategic cooperation between belarus and china is determined by the unity of our ideologies and the very logic of world events and processes that are taking place today. our meeting on march 1 was in many ways fateful and set the dynamics for the whole year. since march , more than 120 mutual visits to belarus and china have been organized. these are different visits, and more all that pleases me are visits. which

are related to production, trade and economic relations. the historical increase in the level of relations has given a powerful impetus to the deepening of traditional directions and the start of new vectors and mechanisms of our cooperation. belarus was, is and will be a reliable partner for china. i think that no one in china can or should be convinced of this anymore. all this has happened before my eyes for the last 30 years and even more. the first time, as i always say, china came as a member of parliament, this is more than 30 years, and ours the first meeting in minsk, when you were deputy chairman, well , it will probably be 30 years already, so we have a lot of experience, we know what our countries need, and we did a lot in this regard, last year between belarus and china a historical maximum in trade turnover was reached, almost $6 billion, and belarusian exports to china increased by 77%. during the current period of this year

, mutual trade has already come close to the $5 billion mark. together we implement many high-profile projects, from automobile production to biotechnology. our. the president will emphasize that no matter what our countries plan, everything is feasible, but we need to speed up. when i was preparing for this visit. and i interrogated my colleagues about what needed to be done, what was not moving, to tell the chairman about it, but we did not find a single issue on which there was no movement. the only issue i would like to discuss with you today is speed. time is so compressed, and away from us. maybe, fortunately, maybe, unfortunately, this pressure does not depend on the fact that sometimes we lag behind, do not have time, this is not only china, belarus, this is happening everywhere in the world, and the one who comes first in his goal will be at the top, we decided long ago that we will cooperate, live and be friends in friendship with

china, this friendship has been for more than 30 years, from this path never turned left or right, so there is nothing to prove, and our all -weather... all-round friendship and cooperation, i long ago concluded for myself that the train path is no longer a concept today, it is already a practice, implemented and no one today can argue with this and no one can find even a small thing to to criticize, the most important thing is that you have set a single goal for humanity, unlike western countries that are trying to cut everything into pieces, you have set a single goal for who can argue with that? no one, the world will be grateful to great china for this, we are very interested in china being a powerful power, in china developing, this is not only our interest, first of all, of course , ours, but first of all it is the interest of the entire

planet, because a huge number of talented, hardworking people. i'm glad to see you again within your framework. visit to china at the end of february and beginning of march this year, we came to important agreements in favor of the dynamic development of chinese-belarusian relations. at each stage, we reach new agreements; throughout the year, political mutual trust and international cooperation are strengthened, and new results of cooperation within the framework of the belt and road initiative are evident. belarus, under the strong leadership of its president, managed to overcome the impact of various negative... to maintain social harmony and stability, realize economic recovery and growth, which has laid a solid foundation for further development. for china , maintaining stability and long-term development is very important, and we have achieved great

success in this work. in the modern world , titanic changes are taking place and new risky challenges are emerging. much of what happens is unexpected for us. chinese. is ready, together with belarusian partners , to strengthen strategic cooperation in the name of creating a community with a common destiny for humanity. leaders of belarus and china they talked three times longer than planned , after which they had a working lunch, and then they waited for alexander lukashenko at peking university, one of the most prestigious universities in china. however, our president already spoke to his students back in 2016, and today he had a meeting with the secretary of the party committee. we actually talked for about 4 hours today with the chairman, my very good and long-time friend, we have the same assessment of the situation in the world, we have the same look at world prospects, but after our

meeting negotiations continue in government at the level of deputy prime ministers, all our great intentions and agreements need to be grounded, translated into concrete... technologies, we need in the field of physics, chemistry, mathematics, the country of china has an interest, to establish cooperation between belarus and the people's republic of china. the economic program in beijing continued with a meeting at the level of deputy prime ministers. it is noteworthy that our

president proposed organizing it right during the negotiations with xiding ping. the parties confirmed their readiness to maintain close contacts to promote further cooperation between our countries. this visit. it will probably be remembered for its unusual program item. alexander lukashenko took part in the peking university flight. the university emphasized that more than 70 heads of state and government were received here, but hockey was played in a studio. no one has played yet. ukraine may be left without the 50 billion euros of aid promised by the european union. this is the forecast made by the financial times. the issue of replenishing the joint budget block, including funds for ukraine, will be discussed at the summit next week. according to sources, the progress of the negotiations may be influence the victory of the far right in the elections in the netherlands. in germany, a court refused to allow the government to take out new loans. the economist magazine wrote about the plans of the netherlands and sweden to stop supporting ukraine.