China’s Xi Jinping arrives Russia to meet with Putin over Ukraine war
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Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into Moscow on Monday where he is expected to press Beijing’s role as a potential peacemaker in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
While Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped for support against Western pressure.
Mr Xi will be the first national leader to shake Mr Putin’s hand since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for him on Friday over the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia since its invasion.
Moscow said the charge was among a number of “clearly hostile displays” and Beijing said it reflects double standards.
Russia is presenting Mr Xi’s trip, his first since securing an unprecedented third term this month, as evidence that it has a powerful friend prepared to stand with it against a hostile West that it accuses of trying to isolate and defeat Moscow.
“We can feel the geopolitical landscape in the outside world undergoing drastic changes,” Mr Putin said in an article in China’s People’s Daily published on the Kremlin website, adding that he had high hopes for the visit from his “good old friend”.
For the Chinese leader, the visit is a diplomatic tightrope.
China has released a 12-point proposal to solve the Ukraine crisis, but at the same time strengthened ties with Moscow.
China has repeatedly dismissed Western accusations that it is planning to arm Russia but says it wants a closer energy partnership after boosting imports of Russian coal, gas and oil.
Following Mr Putin’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, Western sanctions on Russian energy mean Beijing has saved billions of dollars.
Mr Xi arrived in Moscow on Monday afternoon and was due to hold “informal” talks with Mr Putin, followed by dinner.
Formal talks are scheduled for Tuesday.
Mr Xi wrote in an article published in Russia that the two countries adhered to the concept of “eternal friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation” and that China’s Ukraine peace proposal, released last month, reflects global views.
(Reuters/NAN)
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