On the course of cooperation - Boris Zalessky - Bog

For Belarus, Asian countries are important partners in the development of cooperation in trade and economic, industrial and cooperative, scientific and technical, educational and cultural areas. In particular, the People's Republic of China has traditionally been a key focus of the Belarusian state's foreign policy on this continent. In March 2023, the leaders of Belarus and China adopted a joint statement on the basic principles of the development of exemplary relations of all-weather and all-round strategic partnership between the two countries in the new era. Mutually beneficial relations with Iran are developing. In October 2023 in Tehran, the parties agreed on a plan for further cooperation in promising areas of partnership. Regular interaction at various levels has been established with Vietnam, Pakistan and Turkey. In January 2024, Minsk hosted the 7th meeting of the joint Belarusian-Mongolian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation, where the state and prospects of cooperation in industry, agriculture, transportation and logistics, finance were discussed. This paper discusses how Belarus is developing partnership ties with these countries.