{"id":202049,"date":"2026-09-01T17:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/202049\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T17:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:36:25","slug":"lukasenka-lao-president-discuss-machine-building-gold-refining-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/202049\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka, Lao president discuss machine-building, gold refining cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 1, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus is ready to not only trade in machine-building products with Laos but also establish joint enterprises, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka said during a meeting with the Southeast Asian country\u2019s President Thongloun Sisoulith on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization\u2019s summit in Bishkek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s press office, he also offered training for Lao workers in areas ranging \u201cfrom agriculture and food production to the defense industry\u201d and invited Sisoulith to visit Belarus \u201cat his convenience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For his part, Sisoulith reportedly suggested the joint construction of a second gold refinery for Laos, praising Belarus\u2019 expertise in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While in Bishkek, \u0141uka\u0161enka also spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Kazakh President Kasym\u2011Jomart Tokayev, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, the press office said. He reportedly held a separate meeting with Togo\u2019s prime minister, Faure Essozimna Gnassingb\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sisoulith was expected to visit Belarus in July 2025, but the visit never took place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 3, 2025, \u0141uka\u0161enka signed the ratification bill for an agreement with Laos on mutual visa exemption for short-term trips. The last visit of a Lao head of state to Belarus dates back to July 2013, when President Thummaly Sayasone traveled to Minsk. \u0141uka\u0161enka has never visited Laos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus and Laos established diplomatic relations in 1994. According to the Belarusian embassy in Vietnam, which doubles as a diplomatic mission to Laos, Belarus mainly supplies Laos with control instruments and measuring equipment and imports footwear and textiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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