Matryoshka with the character Xin, in a Moscow souvenir shop JURI KOČETKOV | EFE
The Chinese president is making his first visit to Russia in four years, during which he will meet with Vladimir Putin for two days
Chinese President Xi Jinping has landed in Russia, where he will meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this Monday and Tuesday in a state visit aimed at further strengthening the two countries’ close alliance with the war in Ukraine. and Russia’s isolation by the West as a background.
“My visit to Russia aims to strengthen friendship, cooperation and peace”, Xi wrote in an article published in a Russian newspaper before landing in Moscow. For his part, the Russian president praised earlier “good old friend” Xi in a newspaper article published in China on the eve of the visit, reports Efe.
The President of China confirmed that his country is reporting “active efforts” to help peace in Ukraine, in an article published this Monday in various Russian media.
“Since last year, a total worsening of the Ukrainian crisis has been observed. Based on the essence of what is happening, China has an impartial and objective attitude, is actively working to help reconciliation and peace negotiations,” the president writes.
Xi pointed out that the recently released “China’s Position on the Political Solution of the Ukraine Crisis” is a document that serves as a “constructive factor” in moving towards this goal.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, took it for granted in statements to reporters that the war in Ukraine would “inevitably” come up in talks between Putin and Xi, “one way or another,” the Tass news agency reported. Putin will offer “exhaustive explanations” about the invasion that began more than a year ago, and which Russia continues to classify as a “special military operation.” For his part, Xi will get a version of the conflict “first hand” from the Russian government, Peskov added.
The government in Kiev believes that the only peace plan is for Russia to surrender or withdraw its troops from Ukraine
Oleksiy Danilov, s.The secretary of the Council for National Defense and Security of Ukraine is convinced that Russia must surrender or withdraw its troops from Ukraine as a precondition for the implementation of the so-called of the “peace plan” advocated by China.
“The formula for the successful implementation of China’s peace plan.” First of all, the surrender or withdrawal of the Russian occupation forces from the territory of Ukraine is in accordance with international law and the UN Charter. For the restoration of sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity [de Ucrania]», specified a high Ukrainian official.
First trip after re-election
Xi pointed out that his visit to Russia, his first trip abroad since being re-elected for the historic third term, aims to strengthen friendship and cooperation between the two countries, which are based on the “concept of eternal friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation”
“I am ready, together with President Vladimir Putin, to present new plans and measures for the opening new perspectives of Chinese-Russian relations global partnership and strategic interaction,” he added.
The president emphasized that last year the trade in goods with Russia amounted to a record 190,000 million dollars, which represents a growth of 116 percent compared to 2012.
China again denies supplying arms to Russia
This Monday, China also denied that it was supplying weapons to Russia and repeated that “it is the United States that is sending weapons to the battlefield”, after American media assured that Beijing was considering sending artillery and ammunition to Moscow.
A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wang Wenbin, stated that “it is not China” that supplies the weapons and advised Washington to “stop adding fuel to the fire and pointing fingers at other countries and coercing them.”
Regarding the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, Wang pointed out that such a court should “avoid double standards». “The ICC should maintain an objective and impartial stance, respect the judicial immunity enjoyed by heads of state under international law, exercise its powers prudently and in accordance with the law, interpret and apply international law in good faith, and avoid politicization and double standards,” a foreign affairs spokesman said
When asked if there is a warrant for Putin or his lightning trip to the city of Mariupol to influence Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow, the spokesman limited himself to the answer that “China has always advocated dialogue and negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian crisis”.
Source: La Vozde Galicia
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