Belarus to cooperate with China in national cyberspace protection

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that Belarus is going to expand the scope of its cooperation with China significantly to improve the protection of its national cyberspace, local media reported Tuesday. The aim of the cooperation with China is to protect Belarusian databases, telecommunications links and state secrets from foreign interference, Lukashenko said in his Belarus Independence Day message in Minsk. "I think that in the near future we will be able to discuss this problem with China's leader," he said. "We have no other choice. The world has already entered into an era of undeclared cyber wars, and we have no right to lose here. This is why we must dramatically step up cooperation with our allies, particularly with the People's Republic of China - the country that has managed to create an effective system for the protection of the national cyberspace," Lukashenko noted