The portfolio of agreements following the state visit of the Chairman of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, amounts to approximately $18 billion. This was stated by Nikolai Snopkov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, on the air of "Belarus 1", as reported by BELTA.
The portfolio of agreements following the state visit of the Chairman of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, amounts to approximately $18 billion. This was stated by Nikolai Snopkov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, on the air of "Belarus 1", as reported by BELTA.
According to the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Belarus and China signed about 50 agreements and memorandums during Xi Jinping's visit, ranging from a treaty of friendship to an interbank agreement.
"We believe that the sum of $18 billion is not the final figure," noted Nikolai Snopkov.
Speaking about the China-Belarus Industrial Park "Great Stone", Nikolai Snopkov added that as early as 2010, Alexander Lukashenko and Xi Jinping identified the need for its construction. "Within the framework of the state visit of the Chairman of the People's Republic of China, it was announced that the 'Great Stone' is the pearl of the Chinese 'Belt and Road' initiative," said the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. - Belarus, with its developed infrastructure - railway, road - is ready to ensure transit. Moreover, in the context of joint development with China of the 'Silk Road Economic Belt' initiative, Belarus should be a logistics hub."
News of Belarus (BELTA)