Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is on a visit to China scheduled for February 28. It will be similar to the visits of Moscow princes to the yurt to the Golden Horde.
Political scientist Valentin Gladkikh told Channel 24 about this. According to him, China had its own economic interests in Belarus even before the war. Representatives of Beijing are interested in ensuring that their investments are under guaranteed security.
Although they already have a lot of leverage over Belarus. And in the case of Russia, they successfully abuse the position in which the Kremlin finds itself because of the war.
What to expect from Lukashenka's visit to China
As Gladkikh emphasized, it is very doubtful that Lukashenka's visit to China will have any far-sighted consequences for Ukraine. Nothing special will be there.
He recalled the “peace initiatives” proposed by China. They, in his opinion, were not as catastrophic as predicted. Some points of this plan coincide with the opinions of the Ukrainian authorities, from which Kyiv can further seek mutual understanding with China.
At the same time, Lukashenka's visit should not affect China's position regarding the war in Ukraine. It is doubtful that there will be something serious.
I don't think it's worth worrying about Lukashenka's visit to China here. It's like worrying about the visit of Moscow princes to the yurt to the Golden Horde, where those crustaceans crawled in to get a label for “prince”. The tradition of crawling into a yurt stands at the source of their culture. I wouldn’t pay so much attention to this,” Gladkikh noted.
Lukashenka goes to China: briefly
- Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will visit China from February 28 to March 2. He began to talk about the need to continue to build “friendship” and mutually beneficial economic cooperation with China.
- According to Russian human rights activist Mark Feygin, Lukashenka is trying to give his visit much more significance than it really is. The self-proclaimed president of Belarus is not of interest to the Chinese authorities.
- Political scientist Andrei Vigirinsky believes that Lukashenka is flying to China for a reason. He wants to work more with Beijing to counterbalance Russia.
