China rolled out the red carpet for Putin. Thus, with the highest state honors, President Xi Jinping received his counterpart Vladimir Putin, on his first visit abroad after the start of his fifth term.
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After marching past gunmen, hearing cannon fire salutes and the respective anthems in Tiananmen Square, the two leaders spoke of peace and deepening friendship between Moscow and Beijing. Xi Jinping and Putin signed the joint declaration on strategic partnership. The Chinese leader spoke of a new era in relations with Russia, but did not forget the world’s two most urgent crises, the Israel-Hamas war and the conflict in Ukraine.
“President Putin and I agreed on the urgent need to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. It is necessary to diligently implement the resolutions of the United Nations and for the Palestinian issue to be resolved on the basis of two states. We both agreed that the political solution to the Ukrainian crisis is the right direction,” said Xi Jinping, President of China.
Putin thanked his Chinese friend for taking a stand and offering a peace plan in Ukraine. But the Kremlin chief sought an alliance with Beijing, to establish a new security architecture in the Indo-Pacific region, to challenge America’s presence or allies.
“Together we are working for a more just and democratic multipolar world order, which should be based on the central role of the United Nations, the Security Council, international law, cultural and civilizational diversity, as well as the equal interest of to all members of the international community,” Putin said.
Putin further said that relations between Russia and China have the ability to stabilize the world. He announced that Moscow and Beijing are deepening cooperation in the field of nuclear energy. Although this visit is camouflaged with topics such as economy, trade and science, international analysts believe that the real reason is the war in Ukraine. This was the fourth face-to-face meeting between Putin and Xi Jinping since the start of the conflict. Beijing has often been accused of helping Moscow, which China has denied. The two leaders will also talk about the war at the informal dinner, where the new Minister of Defense, Andrej Belousov, and his predecessor, Sergei Shoigu, who now holds the post of Secretary of the Security Council in the Russian Federation, will also be present. . /A2CNN