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China, Belarus sign 19 economic cooperation accords

China and Belarus inked 19 agreements on bilateral economic and trade cooperation during Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s visit to the country.
China and Belarus inked 19 agreements on bilateral economic and tradecooperation during Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s visit to the country.

The signing took place following talks between the Chinese VicePresident and Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky on March25.

According to PM Sidorsky, the signed agreements will boost bilateralcooperation in telecommunications, transportation, energy andinfrastructure.

For his part, the Chinese Vice President stated that themost favourable opportunities are open for China-Belarus ties and a brightfuture is waiting for the two countries.

Xi affirmed that China is readyto assist the launch of projects of high potential for implementation as quicklyas it can.

Earlier in his meeting with Belarusian President AlexanderLukashenko on March 24, Xi announced that Beijing will provide Minsk with 1billion USD in soft loan to undertake cooperative projects already agreed.

Belarus and China are advancing to consolidate their strategicpartnership, said President Lukashenko./.
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