Xi meets Belarusian president

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, June 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Beijing on Monday. China and Belarus should maintain strategic communication, and promote the continuous progress of bilateral relations that are already running at a high level to better benefit the people of the two countries, Xi stressed. China supports Belarus in safeguarding its national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and in pursuing a development path that suits its own national conditions, Xi said, expressing China's willingness to continue to offer assistance within its capacity for the development of Belarus. Xi said China and Belarus are true friends who trust and support each other, good partners for common development and prosperity, and all-weather comprehensive strategic partners. Having withstood the test of a changing international landscape, the bilateral relationship has made leapfrog development in recent years and has now entered the best period in history, he said. The two sides have enjoyed solid political mutual trust, achieved fruitful results in high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, made tangible progress in key cooperation projects, and conducted productive multilateral coordination, Xi said. The facts have proven that deepening the all-weather and all-round cooperation between China and Belarus is in line with the trend of the times and serves the fundamental interests of the two peoples, Xi said. The two countries should mobilize resources from various sectors to advance Belt and Road cooperation, and enhance coordination and cooperation within multilateral frameworks to serve as a stabilizing force in a turbulent world, Xi said, adding that China is ready to work with Belarus to build a community with a shared future for humanity and implement the four major global initiatives proposed by China. Hailing the comprehensive and in-depth practical cooperation between Belarus and China, which provides important support for Belarus' economic and social development, Lukashenko said the Belarusian side attaches great importance to its relations with China and looks forward to strengthening strategic communication, expanding cooperation areas, and promoting greater development of bilateral ties. President Xi has put forward four major global initiatives to promote the political settlement of hot-spot issues, making significant contributions to world peace, stability and prosperity, said Lukashenko, adding that Belarus is willing to maintain close coordination with China on international and regional affairs and jointly promote global and regional peace, development and stability.