Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka will visit China on February 28 for a state visit, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on February 24. "At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of Belarus [Alyaksandr Lukashenka] will pay a state visit to China from February 28 to March 2," spokesperson Hua Chunying said. Lukashenka is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and has backed Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Belarus is financially and politically dependent on its neighbor.
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