China’s Xi tells Putin that the road to peace talks in Ukraine will not be smooth

Xi said Beijing and Moscow should closely coordinate and cooperate on international affairs.

Beijing:

Chinese President Xi Jinping today told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the path to peace talks on Ukraine will not be smooth and that China will continue to maintain an “objective and fair stance” on the issue. this problem.

Xi said Beijing and Moscow should closely coordinate and cooperate in international affairs, stressing that Russia is ready to participate in negotiations on Ukraine, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said in a news release. about the conversation between the two men.

“The Chinese side has noted that the Russian side has said that it has never refused to resolve the conflict through diplomatic negotiations and expressed its appreciation for this,” Xi said during the video call. of CCTV.

Xi Jinping and Putin have in recent years drawn closer together due to their shared distrust of the United States and its allies, notably the announcement in early February of a strategic partnership.” unlimited” has sounded the alarm throughout the West.

But after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February, China publicly insisted that it was not a party to the conflict, and in September, after the Russian military suffered a number of defeats in the war. At school, Putin publicly acknowledged that Mr. Xi had “questions and concerns” about the war.

Putin said in comments on Russian television on Friday that he wanted to increase military cooperation with China but made no mention of military cooperation in CCTV’s report of the call.

The “unlimited” depiction of Sino-Russian relations has fallen out of favor in Beijing, at least publicly, as Beijing seeks to avoid sanctions from the West for supporting efforts Russian war.

However, Mr. Xi made clear on Friday the ideological ties between Beijing and Moscow in opposing what both see as a US-led hegemonic West.

“The facts have repeatedly proved that containment and suppression are not universal, and sanctions and interventions will inevitably fail,” Xi told Putin.

“China is willing to cooperate with Russia and all the progressive forces in the world to oppose hegemony and power politics… and resolutely safeguard China’s sovereignty, security and development interests,” he said. both countries and international justice.”

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