Overview
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko held multi-hour talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, with the meeting continuing over a working lunch, officials said.
- Xi told Lukashenko that China–Belarus relations have reached a historic high and described Belarus as an all‑weather partner while pledging support for its sovereignty and willingness to offer development assistance.
- Belarusian officials said discussions covered political, industrial and economic cooperation, including closer investment ties and expanded Belt and Road cooperation.
- The Beijing visit followed two days of talks between Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin in Valdai and is part of a wider tour of East and Southeast Asia that Minsk says aims to diversify partnerships.
- Ukraine had accused Belarus of hosting Russian signal repeaters used to guide strikes and gave Minsk a one-week ultimatum; Ukrainian officials later said those systems stopped operating, a claim not independently verified in these reports.