MINSK, 8 February (BelTA) – The government should step up efforts to utilize the $7 billion Chinese loan, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he heard out a report of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei on 8 February, BelTA has learned.
The head of state stressed that $7 billion provided by China is very good money for Belarus, especially today. “We could finance many projects,” Alexander Lukashenko said. In his words, the government should step up efforts in this field.
The head of state noted that the Ambassador of Belarus to China will inform him about the issues which “may exist in the relations with the People's Republic of China”. Alexander Lukashenko said that this pertains to the issues on Belarus' side regarding, first of all, the efforts of the government to utilize the $7 billion Chinese loan.
The Belarusian head of state has recently received a letter from China President Xi Jinping. In this letter the Chinese leader reiterated that Belarus will be supported by China. In this context, Alexander Lukashenko gave an instruction to continue the work with the People's Republic of China.
