MINSK, 25 June (BelTA) – We invite China to team up and create a large educational and scientific platform in Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Party Secretary of Peking University Hao Ping and representatives of other Chinese universities on 25 June, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that the countries actively cooperate in politics and economy. "I think the time has come to step up cooperation in education and science," he said.
The head of state proposed to raise this cooperation to a new level, developing contacts not just between universities.
"Let's think not just about university-to-university cooperation. Let's think about creating a large educational and scientific platform in Belarus in order to spread education, science and culture to the European continent. We are ready to play a serious role in this regard. Indeed, we are moving forward step by step, implementing certain projects, but now time plays a crucial role. We need to do everything quickly in order to be a leader, to achieve results," he said.
The Chinese side can fully count on Belarus in the development of cooperation, including in education and science, Aleksandr Lukashenko assured. he added that this topic was very seriously discussed during the talks with Xi Jinping during his visit to China in December 2023.
