Belarus leader and Putin ally Lukashenko on China visit

Axis of Autocrats: Putin, Xi and Lukashenko

The leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, met with China’s president, Xi Jinping, in Beijing this week. A staunch ally of Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko would have been eager to demonstrate his close relationship with another major world leader. For Beijing, however, the visit is a little more complicated. Megan Gibson in London, Katie Stallard in Washington DC and Ido Vock in Berlin discuss the significance of the visit’s timing, which follows C…

Leaders from China and Belarus meet in Beijing

China’s President Xi Jinping and his counterpart from Belarus have met in Beijing. Mr Xi reaffirmed China’s commitment to a 12-point plan which details a “political solution” to the war in Ukraine, according to a readout of the meeting. “Relevant countries should stop politicizing and instrumentalizing the world economy and do things that help to cease fire and war and resolve the crisis peacefully,” Mr Xi said. It comes days after China’s to…

In Beijing, the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko approves the Chinese plan to solve the “Ukrainian crisis”

Westerners consider the meeting of the Belarusian leader, an ally of Moscow, with Xi Jinping as a new sign of support for Russia.

Chinese leader Xi hosts Putin-aligned Belarusian President Lukashenko

Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of the Kremlin, amid growing concerns that Beijing could fundamentally change its support for Russia in its war in Ukraine.

Belarus and China will strengthen cooperation in several areas

China says it 'values' ties with India ahead of likely meeting between Qin & Jaishankar

Ahead of an expected meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in New Delhi on Thursday, China said on Wednesday that it "values" its ties with India and a "sound relationship" between the two is in the fundamental interests of both countries and its people.