chinese President, Xi Jinping arrived in Russia on Monday morning. the beginning of a state visit that is preceded by high hopes and during which the PRC President hopes to lay the foundations “new momentum” in bilateral relations, which he announced after landing in Moscow.
Xi who chose Russia for his first trip abroad since the start of his third termhopes that the visit, which ends on Wednesday, will be “fruitful”. He added that good relations between the two powers not only benefit Beijing and Moscow, but also contribute to “the progress of the whole world,” official Russian news agencies said.
chinese president did not mention Ukraine directly in his first statementsbut promised that his government would side with Russia to defend a system “based on international law” and the UN Charter “in a world far from peace”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov took it for granted in statements to journalists that war in Ukraine will “inevitably” pop up in the talks between Putin and Xi “one way or another,” TASS reports.
Putin will offer “exhaustive explanations” about the invasion, which began more than a year ago, which Russia continues to classify as a “special military operation”. For his part, Xi will get a “first-hand” version of the conflict from the Russian government, Peskov added.
Beijing avoided outright condemnation of the invasion and presented his own peace plan to resolve the conflictalthough Kyiv rejected the offer, considering it too gravitating towards Moscow’s political theses.
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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