On June 16, 2020, Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Dapkiunas of Belarus held video consultation between the Chinese and Belarusian Foreign Ministries, exchanging views on bilateral relations, high-level exchanges, practical cooperation and international and regional issues of common concern.

Le Yucheng expressed, China and Belarus are good partners and good friends who trust each other. President Xi Jinping and President Alexander Lukashenko had a telephone conversation a few days ago, and they reached much new important consensus, charting the course for the development of China-Belarus relations. The Chinese side is willing to make joint efforts with the Belarusian side to earnestly implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, intensify bilateral exchanges at all levels in the context of routine COVID-19 response arrangements, deepen cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, and step up coordination on international affairs to push China-Belarus comprehensive strategic partnership for substantial development and open new prospects for bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation.

Andrei Dapkiunas noted, the Belarusian side speaks highly of the great achievements the Chinese government and people have made in COVID-19 containment, and sincerely thanks the Chinese side for providing selfless assistance to the Belarusian side's fight against the virus. Attaching great importance to its relations with China, the Belarusian side supports China's stances on issues concerning the Chinese side's core interests and major concerns, and is prepared to carry out cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative in an in-depth manner and further strengthen friendly exchanges in various fields to push Belarus-China relations for new achievements.