China’s president to visit Russia in apparent show of support for Putin
China has announced this. President Xi Jinping Will visit Russia from Monday to Wednesday. The move comes in an apparent show of support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who faces international pressure to end the invasion of Ukraine.
The Kremlin confirmed the visit, saying it would be “at the invitation of Vladimir Putin.”
The Kremlin said Xi and Putin would discuss “issues of further development of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction between Russia and China”.
The Russian government added that the meeting would “help deepen Russian-Chinese cooperation in the international arena.”
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Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds as he listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin via a video link in Beijing on December 2, 2019. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo by AP/Noel Celis/Pool Photo by AP)
The two leaders will also sign “important bilateral documents”, the statement said.
China is determined to act in its own interests while most of the world has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which marked one year last month.
Xi has refused to condemn Moscow’s attack but has called for a peaceful solution. China has also called on the international community to recognize and respect the sovereignty of Russia over its territory, which Russia claims includes parts of Ukraine.
In this photo taken on September 11, 2022, a Ukrainian soldier stands on top of a Turkish military tank near a village on the outskirts of Izum in the Kharkov region of eastern Ukraine. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images)
Beijing has repeatedly condemned the US and NATO for prodding Russia.
Putin invited Xi to visit Russia in late December.
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Putin said the visit could “demonstrate to the whole world the strength of Russia-China relations” and “become the key political event of the year in bilateral relations.”
Black smoke billows from the Chuguyev military airport near Kharkiv on February 24, 2022. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang called his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Koliba on Thursday, saying China has “always maintained a purposeful and fair stance on the Ukraine issue, to promote peace and advance dialogue.” “has committed itself and called on the international community to maintain an objective and fair stance on the Ukraine issue. Conditions for peace talks.”
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It will be the first time Zelensky and Xi have spoken since Putin invaded Ukraine.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.