NAYPYIDAW, 28 November (BelTA) – The year 2025 has become a historic one for Belarus-Myanmar relations, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during the expanded-format talks with Acting President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw on 28 November, BelTA has learned.
“This is my first visit to Myanmar, and I am genuinely pleased to be here. And since your visit to Belarus in March was the first official visit by a leader of Myanmar to our country, we can say that 2025 is a historic year in our relations,” the Belarusian leader said.
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that he has met with Min Aung Hlaing six times in 2025: “This indicates that there is no isolation and there can be none for our countries.”
The Belarusian leader also expressed gratitude to the leader of Myanmar for the participation of Myanmar delegation, led by the minister of foreign affairs, in the Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security.
Lukashenko: Belarus is open to cooperation with Myanmar without regard to external players
“Belarus is open to expanding cooperation with Myanmar. We are guided exclusively by national interests, without regard to external players,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko: Belarus has all it takes to help Myanmar advance technologically
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that his first official visit to Myanmar is receiving significant attention in the country. The head of state assured that Belarus will certainly live up to this trust.
“Belarus has all it takes to help Myanmar advance technologically. Your government, your ministers have learned some things about Belarus. You know what we are capable of. We are a developed machine-building country; we have advanced industry, agriculture, high technology, education, and healthcare,” the president said.
According to the Belarusian leader, although a significant geographical distance separates the countries, it is not an obstacle to developing relations. “They say that in the modern world, distance means nothing for establishing good relations,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko names one condition for Myanmar’s great future
“Believe my experience, your people and your country have a great future ahead of them. You only need to solve one problem: to ensure stability in society,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko confirms Belarus’ readiness to set up joint ventures with Myanmar
“We are ready not only to sell our products to Myanmar. We are ready to set up joint ventures with you in the areas you are interested in. We are also ready to train specialists for the technologies that we will transfer,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko names priority areas for Belarus-Myanmar cooperation
“We have discussed the priority areas of our cooperation today. These are pharmaceutics, manufacturing, primarily our machinery and technologies, science, education, and the military-industrial complex,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “At the same time, we stated that no topics are off limits in our relations. Our relations are not directed against anyone. These are relations in the interests of our peoples.”
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