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“In recent years, weve foundincreasing interest from Chineseinvestors in the Belarus economy.Please let China know, Belarus is alwaysready to be a true friend to China. Wehave built a fort in Europe for China,”the President of Belarus, AlexanderLukashenko told Zhou Xiaochuan,President of the Bank of China, duringhis visit to the capital of Minsk, onJanuary 8th, he expressed his high praiseand firm confidence in the developmentof Sino-Belarusian relations.