Belarus and China working on strategic partnership program

Belarus and China are working on the program of all-round strategic partnership through 2020, Vice Premier of Belarus, Chairman of the Belarusian part of the Belarusian-Chinese commission for trade and economic cooperation Anatoly Tozik said at the solemn meeting in the House of Friendship to mark the 64th anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China. According to the official, the initial version of the draft program is under finalization. It is expected that the document will be signed during the visit of the Belarusian Prime Minister to Beijing later this year. Anatoly Tozik named the visit of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to China in July 2013 the most significant event of the year. In his words, the joint declaration signed by the leaders of the two countries provides for a new level of bilateral cooperation – all-round strategic partnership. According to Anatoly Tozik, it fully meets the present development stage in the Belarusian-Chinese relations. He stressed that the visit of Member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Liu Yunshan to Belarus in September 2013 proved that China attaches particular importance to the development of strategic relations with the Republic of Belarus.