Expert: Xi wants to strengthen influence in EU through cooperation with Belarus
China is pragmatically using cooperation with Belarus to strengthen its influence in Europe, supporting the Lukashenko regime in exchange for geopolitical benefits, in particular Minsk’s transit role of Minsk. This opinion was expressed in a comment to Ukrinform by the Director of the Russian and Belarusian Studies Program at the Ukrainian Prism Foreign Policy Council, Candidate of Historical Sciences Yaroslav Chornohor. "China uses cooperation with Russia, Belarus, Brazil, and African countries to strengthen its own positions around the world. Everything that China does is in China's interest. In this regard, Lukashenko is a convenient partner for China – he is…