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Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on China and Belarus to enhance cooperation under multinational frameworks including the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The Chinese top leader made a remark in a Wednesday meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Beijing.
Xi Jinping said China has always viewed bilateral ties from a strategic and long-term perspective,
adding that the two countries share enduring friendship and formidable political trust.
And for his part,