Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko traveled to Beijing for a face-to-face meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to the Belarusian presidential Telegram channel Pul Pervogo, which reported the development on Monday.
During the meeting, Xi told Lukashenko that relations between China and Belarus have reached their “historic peak,” as quoted by Pul Pervogo.
Lukashenko responded warmly to the remark. “This is exactly what we talked with you before,” he said, according to the Telegram post. “And perhaps, to some extent, what we had dreamed of on the eve of this global cooperation between Belarus and … China.”
The Beijing visit follows talks Lukashenko held with Russian President Vladimir Putin just last week. The diplomatic activity comes at a time of heightened tension between Belarus and Ukraine, whose president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has stated his belief that Putin is working to push Lukashenko into increasing his backing of Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.
