Development in Belarus

In a meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Xi urged concerted efforts by the two countries to align the Belt and Road Initiative with Belarus's development strategies and the creation of continued favorable conditions for a China-Belarus industrial park.

Xi said the two countries should implement major projects well, expand exchanges, learn each other's culture and move the comprehensive strategic partnership forward.

Lukashenko hailed the fruitful outcomes of bilateral cooperation in various fields and said the two countries have always supported each other on issues related to core interests.

Belarus actively supports the BRI and wants to expand cooperation with China in such fields as trade, production capacity, science, technology and people-to-people exchanges, he said, adding that his country stands ready to intensify cooperation within a multilateral framework, including the SCO.