Lukashenko is the main source of problems

Pavel Latushka: Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus, Representative of the Cabinet for the Transition of Power, Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, Leader of the "Latushka Team and the Movement 'For Freedom'" faction within the 3rd convocation of the Coordination Council.

Regarding Lukashenko’s issues with China and the question of when Poland will open its border with Belarus

A close ally of Xi Jinping and member of the top party body — the Politburo of the CCP Central Committee, Li Xi, is traveling to Minsk. He is responsible in the Chinese Communist Party for maintaining discipline and fighting corruption, including abroad. Li Xi’s task is to check Lukashenko’s discipline, i.e., whether the dictator is fulfilling the agreed-upon commitments.

This visit is part of a major signal: Beijing is ready and capable of controlling its partners, especially when their actions affect global initiatives (for example, “Belt and Road Initiative”).

If Lukashenko violates the agreements, China may apply pressure through the threat of terminating or revising economic projects or transit routes, which would be painful for Lukashenko.

According to Newsweek, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi informed Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorskiduring a meeting in Warsaw on September 15 that the Chinese authorities would conduct a “frank discussion with Lukashenko”.

To date, the Lukashenko regime is a source of instability and threat not only for the Belarusian people, but also for the entire region — from the Baltic to the Black Sea, from EU borders to the corridors of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Belarus could have been a bridge between East and West. However, Lukashenko has turned it into a source of risks, isolation, and crises.

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