No Time Zone Adjustments: Meeting of the Heads of Defence Ministries of Belarus and China

The first day of the working visit of the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Belarus Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin began with a meeting with Minister of National Defence of the People’s Republic of China Dong Jun.

During the meeting, the Defence Ministers discussed the status and prospects of bilateral military cooperation, as well as current issues on the regional and international agenda.

Belarusian Defence Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin noted the results of the partnership between the defence departments of Belarus and China:

“An important area of cooperation is interaction in the field of military personnel training.

The regular contract signed in June to train Chinese military at the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus has become a manifestation of trust and high appreciation of the military education system of the Republic of Belarus.

For our part, we are ready to expand the list of specialities to meet the specific requests of our Chinese friends.

In addition, we have started joint cooperation in the field of peacekeeping activities.

During the recent visit of the Belarusian delegation to China, practical measures have been identified to develop cooperation in order to jointly fulfil tasks in one of the UN peacekeeping missions.

In turn, Minister of National Defence of the People’s Republic of China Dong Jun confirmed the intention to speed up the implementation of the already approved projects at the working level, as well as to raise the military cooperation between Belarus and China to a higher level.