{"id":122705,"date":"2025-01-21T19:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122705\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lukasenkas-announced-visit-to-china-has-not-materialized","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122705\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s announced visit to China has not materialized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/China_Flag_Archve_POZ_1440-0016.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/China_Flag_Archve_POZ_1440-0016.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/China_Flag_Archve_POZ_1440-0016-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/China_Flag_Archve_POZ_1440-0016-734x487.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/China_Flag_Archve_POZ_1440-0016-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/China_Flag_Archve_POZ_1440-0016-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has failed to visit China in the announced timeframe, according to reports from his press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the December 23 government meeting, \u0141uka\u0161enka announced that he would visit China &#8220;in the very near future.&#8221; Some ten days later, his press office reported that he would go to China before the presidential election scheduled for January 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meeting with regional executive committee chairmen on January 3, \u0141uka\u0161enka said: &#8220;What is a meeting with Xi Jinping and a visit to China? It is the future of our country. Cooperation with China is a great thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that the visit would last three days and that he would come back one week before the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early voting is already underway, with the main voting day scheduled for Sunday. \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s administration has not reaffirmed his plans to visit China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He last visited the East Asian country on December 3\u20134, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not the first time that the announced meeting between \u0141uka\u0161enka and a foreign leader has not taken place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, in June 2024, Prime Minister Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka said that Kassym-Jomart Tokayev would visit Belarus in the fall, but the Kazakh president has not come. In October 2022, \u0141uka\u0161enka announced a visit to Turkey, which also has not materialized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Chinese ambassador: sanctions hamper but can&#039;t halt expansion of Chinese-Belarusian ties<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 19, Pozirk. 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