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China vows support for Belarus’ national sovereignty

[1/2]Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Beijing, China June 29, 2026. President of the Republic of Belarus/Handout via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights
BEIJING, June 29 (Reuters) – China supports Belarus in safeguarding ​its national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, Chinese ‌President Xi Jinping told Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Beijing on Monday, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Lukashenko’s ​visit to China comes after he held talks with ​Russian President Vladimir Putin last week.

 
The meeting follows ⁠mounting tension between Belarus and Ukraine, whose president, ​Volodymyr Zelenskiy, says he believes Putin is trying to ​get Lukashenko to step up his support for Russia in its Ukraine war.
 
Xi said China and Belarus “must maintain strategic communication, ​promote the continuous advancement of bilateral relations at ​a high level and better benefit the peoples of both countries,” ‌the ⁠ministry said on its website.
 

China is willing to continue providing assistance within its capacity for Belarus’ development and construction, Xi said.

 

China-Belarus relations are at their “historic ​peak,” the ​Belarusian presidential ⁠Telegram channel Pul Pervogo said earlier on Monday.

 
“This is exactly what we talked ​with you before,” Lukashenko replied, 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.”

Reporting by ​Jekaterīna Golubkova in Tokyo, Farah Master in Hong Kong and the ​Beijing newsroom; Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus and Jamie Freed