Prospects
When cooperation is reinforced by friendship Many landmark projects are being implemented in Belarus with Chinese support. Among the most famous are the “Great Stone” industrial park and the joint production of Geely cars. Definitely, new ones will be added quite soon. This assumption can easily be made on the results of the meeting between President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Cui Qiming.
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es, true friendship knows no obstacles. And Alexan‑ der Lukashenko paid to it special attention during the meeting at the Independence Palace, having said that at present nobody and nothing, including the notorious corona‑ virus, could prevent us from building good relations between our countries. The President of Belarus drew attention to the fact that the visit of President of the People’s Republic of Chi‑ na Xi Jinping to Minsk was currently under consideration and said to the Ambassador the following: — Tell my friend that we are waiting for him in Belarus. We still have time to get prepared for the visit so that it could be filled with the necessary activities for the two states. According to Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus and China have interesting projects, including the previously announced construction of a national football stadium and a swimming pool corresponding to the international standard: — I would like us to give a start to these construction pro‑ jects during the visit of the President of China. They will be exemplary construction sites. I would like to have these two Chinese facilities in the centre of Europe, which will host ma‑ jor international competitions (and we already have interna‑ tional organizations’ confirmation).
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he topic of combating the coronavirus was also discussed at the meeting. All the more so, that optimistic news comes from China against the backdrop of increasing restric‑ tions in European countries. As we know, the Chinese authori‑ ties abolished restrictions on the entry and exit of the popula‑ tion from Hubei Province. In the administrative center of the province, the city of Wuhan, where the first cases of the infection were recorded, the restrictions were also lifted. This decision was made in the light of the improving epidemiological situation in the region. The Chinese experience in combating the epidemic did not go unnoticed and proved to be in demand, including in our country. This year, Belarus has twice transported by air hu‑ manitarian aid to China. Now it accepts with gratitude the sup‑ port of China. Alexander Lukashenko said in this regard: — There was no case when we asked Chinese specialists, our friends a question and they gave no answer. All the bitter experience they have accumulated over these months is gen‑ erously shared with Belarusian epidemiologists, microbiolo‑ gists, doctors. We have this line preserved, our system is about the same as in China, as it used to be in the Soviet Union. Therefore, we have specialists to deal with these problems. Thank you and all the Chinese people for the help you are giving us now. The Head of State drew attention to a fundamental point: all the cases of COVID 19 recorded in Belarus had been im‑ ported from abroad: — We have not developed this virus and, moreover, we have not been and are not a starting point of this virus. At the same time, despite a large number of Chinese citi‑ zens who are studying and working in Belarus, there was not a single case of their bringing the coronavirus to the country. — We have been working very carefully in this respect, — Alexander Lukashenko stressed. — Not because we are not afraid of anything. It is not that. We are trying to act profes‑ sionally and point by point, based on your and ours experience. elarus has not closed its border with any state. But it has been very seriously controlling the situation with the arrival of citizens from epidemiologically unfavorable countries.
B Cui Qiming, Chinese Ambassador to Belarus
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