Credit: Russian Presidential Press and Information Service
The Diplomat: Putin and Xi Frame a New China-Russia Partnership
Pressure that both sides face from the United States and the West gives their partnership new depth.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Beijing for the inauguration of the Winter Olympics on February 4. While there, he also held significant discussions with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a range of global issues. The lengthy 99-paragraph joint statement that followed their meeting details how Russia and China have come to adopt shared positions on several global and regional issues. The visit was significant since this was their first face-to-face meeting since 2019; Xi is not known to have traveled for any meetings with a foreign leader since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020.
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2 comments:
The EU is running out of options. This axis dwarfs the EU in all measures of power.
Adds pressure on Germany to figure out next steps. With the USA drifting to pacific priorities how much longer can Germany refrain from strategic understanding with this new axis when Russia and China want a nonaligned EU and USA out of Europe?
Is that Putin's new girlfriend? Putin moves fast! She is already in her 3rd trimester!
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