Lukashenko set to discuss with Xi speed in implementation of plans for cooperation

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he was planning to discuss how fast plans for the development of bilateral cooperation could be implemented at a meeting in Beijing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

"When I was preparing for this visit, I asked my colleagues about what needs to be done, what things are not moving forward so that I could tell the [Chinese] leader about these things. We did not find a single issue. Progress has been made across the board," BelTA news agency quoted the Belarusian president as saying. "The only issue that I would like to discuss with you today is speed," he added. According to Lukashenko, Belarus is very interested in China as a powerful country. "And this is not only our interest, this is the interest of the entire planet, because lots of talented, hardworking people live here [in China]," Lukashenko noted. Lukashenko is staying in China on a working visit on December 3-4.