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Belarus viewed as key link in new Great Silk Way
BEIJING, 5 May (BelTA) – Belarus will play a key role in the new Great Silk Way, Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European & Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Zhu Xiaozhong said at the meeting with the representatives of Belarusian mass media in Beijing on 5 May, BelTA has learned.
“Belarus is a key link. The country is located in a strategic place between Europe and Asia. The way from China to Europe goes via Russia and Belarus,” the representative of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said.
She believes that Belarus’ location in the center of Europe gives crucial advantages to the country. “Belarus takes part in the huge market of the Eurasian Economic Union. It borders Lithuania and Poland which are members of the European Union in the west. The Black Sea can be reached via Belarus and the territory of Ukraine. The country gives access to the European Union and ports of the Atlantic Ocean,” Zhu Xiaozhong said.
She emphasized that China maintains good economic relations with Belarus. It is an important factor for engaging Belarus in the Great Silk Way.
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