{"id":88112,"date":"2026-06-29T01:16:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/belarus-leader-meets-with-chinas-xi-in-beijing-following-putin-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T01:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:16:41","slug":"belarus-leader-meets-with-chinas-xi-in-beijing-following-putin-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/belarus-leader-meets-with-chinas-xi-in-beijing-following-putin-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus Leader Meets With China&#8217;s Xi in Beijing Following Putin Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782710201767.jpg?resize=450%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782710201767.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782710201767.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p><p>During the meeting, Xi told Lukashenko that relations between China and Belarus have reached their &#8220;historic peak,&#8221; as quoted by Pul Pervogo.<\/p><p>Lukashenko responded warmly to the remark. &#8220;This is exactly what we talked with you before,&#8221; he said, according to the Telegram post. &#8220;And perhaps, to some extent, what we had dreamed of on the eve of this global cooperation between Belarus and &#8230; China.&#8221;<\/p><p>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&#8217;s ongoing war against Ukraine.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko sat down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing for high-level discussions. The meeting comes just days after Lukashenko held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid growing tensions surrounding the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":88111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782710201767.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-mVa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39329,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/us-diplomat-meets-belarus-president-seeking-release-of-political-prisoners\/","url_meta":{"origin":88112,"position":0},"title":"US Diplomat Meets Belarus President Seeking Release of Political Prisoners","author":"Admin","date":"March 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"President Trump's special envoy John Coale held talks with Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday as part of ongoing efforts to secure freedom for over 1,100 political prisoners. 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