Lukashenko: All key cooperation agreements with China should be converted into projects

All major agreements in cooperation with China must be translated into concrete projects. This was stated by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at Peking University during a meeting with the university's Party Committee Secretary, Chairman of the Academic Council, and Deputy Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress of China, Hao Ping, according to BELTA.

"The Chairman (of the PRC. - BELTA's note) and I are old friends. Because we assess the global situation similarly and have the same outlook on world prospects. After our meeting, negotiations continue at the government level at the level of vice-premiers. All our grand intentions and agreements need to be grounded and translated into concrete projects. On the instructions of Xi Jinping and my own, the vice-premiers are precisely engaged in this," said the Belarusian leader.

He also emphasized the need to strengthen communication between the peoples of the two countries: "Today, the Chairman of the PRC placed a special emphasis on this. To strengthen communication between youth groups, and young people in general. Because the future belongs to them."

According to Alexander Lukashenko, the meeting with Xi Jinping also discussed issues of student exchange. "We need to strengthen and intensify this exchange. We need to expand cooperation, not limit ourselves to biotechnology. We need to cooperate in the fields of chemistry, physics, mathematics... There is interest from China in establishing cooperation," the President noted.

Hao Ping shared that in 2015, during the state visit of the Chairman of the PRC to Belarus, he was also part of the delegation in his capacity as Deputy Minister of Education and personally experienced the hospitality and friendship of the people of Minsk.

"You have reminded us of the history of our relations. One of the pages is connected with you. This is very pleasant. You know Minsk, you have visited Minsk. This means it will be easier for us to intensify our contacts in the field of education," the Belarusian leader remarked.

Alexander Lukashenko noted that during the current visit, he spent about four hours communicating with his very good and long-time friend, Chairman of the PRC Xi Jinping. "He recalled when we first met in Minsk. He was the Vice Chairman and visited Minsk. And I was very pleased that he remembers even the nuances of our meeting," the President said.

Peking University is a key higher education institution in China. Together with Tsinghua University, it is considered the most prestigious university in the country. The university enrolls over 46,000 students, of whom about 3,300 are foreigners.

The university structure includes 55 directly affiliated institutes, over 120 research laboratories are in operation, and the university library is considered one of the largest in Asia.

Alexander Lukashenko addressed the students of Peking University in September 2016.

In June 2019, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Peking University and Belarusian State University. In May 2022, an agreement was signed with BSU on the creation of a joint educational program in the specialty "biotechnology".

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