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President of China Xi Jinping concluded his three-day visit to Russia on March 22. He is a Russian colleague Vladimir Putinand signed a number of documents on “strategic cooperation” between Beijing and Moscow.
Sin’s first visit to Russia in the last four years The occupation of Ukraine It was realized against the background of Moscow’s deepening international isolation.
Putin He called the talks in the Kremlin “successful and constructive”. Xi said that one of the agreements they signed leads the relations to a “new era” of cooperation.
“We signed a statement on strategic partnership entering a new era and deepening bilateral relations”, – Xi said after talks with Putin on March 21.
These two authoritarian leaders Russia A few weeks before the attack on Ukraine in February of last year, they announced the intention of “unlimited” partnership.
Regarding the war in Ukraine, Xi said that Beijing supports the diplomatic settlement of the conflict.
“UNbased on the principles of .. we encourage peaceful settlement. We are always in favor of peace and dialogue,” Xi said once again that China takes a “neutral position” regarding Ukraine.
Western countries rejected China’s peace proposal. The 12-point document calls for de-escalation and a ceasefire in Ukraine, but reflects Russia’s main theses.
The white house National Security Council spokesman John Corby (John Kirby) rejected Xi’s mediation efforts and said that China’s position on the war is not impartial.
According to Korbin, Si-Putin none of the results of the meeting indicate that the war will end soon. He said that one thing became clear during the meeting – Putin hopes to get lethal weapons from China.
Putin is “faced with resource difficulties” and is trying to solve them, Kurbi stressed.
The spokesman said one reason the United States opposes a ceasefire at this point is that it would give Putin time to address resource shortages.
There is no evidence that China has agreed to supply lethal weapons to Russia. And this NATOSecretary General of Jens Stoltenberg (Jens Stoltenberg) said on March 21 in Brussels. Western countries have warned China that if it sends lethal weapons to Russia, it can be punished with economic sanctions.
Trip During the meeting, Xi said that he and Putin held talks on the expansion of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, including the export of more electronic products from China.
Putin noted that in addition to China gas export has been agreed, the two countries are planning to expand transport links by building roads and bridges.