March 20, 2023 3:53 p.m
Xi on Putin: “China and Russia have similar goals”
China and Russia “are pursuing similar goals”. This is what Chinese head of state Xi Jinping said during his meeting with the Russian president in Moscow Wladimir Putin. “It is true that our countries share them same goals or some similar goals‘ Xi said, according to CNN, speaking of China’s and Russia’s commitment to ‘prosperity’. “We can work together – he added – to achieve our goals”.
March 20, 2023 3:38 p.m
Xi: ‘Of course Russians will support Putin in 2024’
Chinese President Xi Jinping is convinced that Russian citizens will support Vladimir Putin in the upcoming presidential elections 2024. “I know that the next presidential election will be held in your country next year. Thanks to his strong leadership, Russia has made significant strides in terms of the country’s achievements and prosperity in recent years,” Xi said at the start of a meeting with Putin, as reported by Interfax. “I am sure that the Russian people will strongly support you in your good intentions,” the Chinese leader said.
March 20, 2023 3:35 p.m
Xi to Putin: “Our Cooperation for Ambitious Goals”
“Our two countries are making great efforts for development and prosperity. We have made it our task to carry out a modernization based on the Chinese model. Russia also has ambitious goals.” He said it Xi Jinping during his Kremlin interview with Wladimir Putinadding, according to the Kommersant website, that he is confident that “with our cooperation and close interaction, we will certainly achieve these goals”.
March 20, 2023 3:23 p.m
USA: “Xi should hear Zelensky”
“If you go to Moscow and sit down with President Putin for three days and listen to his views on a war that started today and could end today, you should at least pick up the phone and talk to President Zelenskyy about his point of view have,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CNN, assuring that the White House is following the meeting between Xi and Vladimir Putin in Moscow “very, very closely.”
March 20, 2023 3:11 p.m
Xi: “Putin a close friend, close relatives”
Chinese President Xi Jinping called Russian President Putin a “dear friend” at the Kremlin meeting. “Our countries must have close ties,” Xi said, as reported by RIA Novosti.
March 20, 2023 3:10 p.m
Putin: “Interested in Chinese proposals”
“We look with interest at China’s proposals to solve the crisis in Ukraine,” Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of their meeting in the Kremlin. “At our meeting, we will have an opportunity to discuss the Chinese plan,” Putin said, sitting next to Xi in front of a white marble fireplace with gilded decorations. “We are open to negotiations,” added the Russian president, stating that a diplomatic solution for Ukraine must take into account the “principle of the indivisible security of all countries.”
March 20, 2023 3:10 p.m
Putin Xi meeting has started
An informal face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping has begun in the Kremlin. This was announced by the Ria Novosti agency. Discussions will continue over a working lunch.
March 20, 2023 1:08 p.m
Moscow initiates investigations against the prosecutor of the Hague court
Moscow has launched a criminal investigation into ICC prosecutor Karim Khan after the court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin. “The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against ICC prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan” and several ICC judges, the Investigative Committee said, underscoring their “illegal” decision to call for Putin’s arrest.
March 20, 2023 1:07 p.m
Putin: “Suppress any attempt to disrupt Russian society”
The main aim of the enemy is to shake up Russian society from within. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Interior Ministry. Putin said that “provocations, illegal street demonstrations or any other attempt to bring about upheaval in society must be suppressed”.