Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a three-day go to to satisfy his Chinese language counterpart Xi Jinping.
Talking to the New China Company, the chief stated he was wanting ahead to seeing his "previous pal" Xi Jinping. He additionally welcomed the latest doc launched by China summarizing its place on the battle in Ukraine.
It's "a testomony to its peaceable overseas coverage in addition to a singular new step that may have a broad influence all around the world," he stated of the 12-point doc unveiled Friday, which requires respect for state sovereignty and peace negotiations.
"At present, not a single downside on the planet may be solved with out China," he added.
China hailed Belarus as a "international strategic companion", emphasizing the "mutual belief" between the 2 international locations on Monday.
An in depth ally of Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko had supported the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on the very starting of the navy operation launched in late February 2022.
China, for its half, has been attempting for a number of weeks to play a mediating position on this battle. It denies the allegations of america and Nato that it's contemplating supplying arms to Russia.
Because the starting of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Xi Jinping has spoken to Vladimir Putin a number of occasions however has not but spoken to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Belarus shares a border with Ukraine and Russia. Nonetheless, the nation could be very depending on Moscow financially and politically. It allowed Russian troops to move by its territory to launch their assault on Ukrainian soil final 12 months.
Just lately, Lukashenko stated he was able to do the identical if he felt that Minsk was at risk.
Ukraine, in the meantime, has expressed concern about additional Belarusian assist for Russia's warfare efforts.
Final September, Presidents Xi and Lukashenko met in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the place they emphasised their "ironclad" partnership.
The state go to comes after the European Union introduced on Monday that it was extending for a 12 months its sanctions towards Belarus for its continued repression of the opposition and its assist for Russia's warfare in Ukraine.
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