China ‘advocates peace and dialogue to resolve conflict in Ukraine’. Chinese President Xi Jinping said so in statements to the Kremlin with Vladimir Putin at the end of their talks. “In order to settle the Ukrainian crisis, we are trying to apply the principles of the UN Charter, our position wants to contribute to the negotiation process, our position is based on truth and substance, we are for peace and dialogue, we are faithful to history,” he said Xi. In addition, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said from Beijing that Xi and Putin signed a joint statement “to deepen the two countries’ comprehensive strategic coordination partnership for the new era.”Ukraine crisis ‘should be resolved through peace talks’.
On the other hand, it is A phone call between Xi and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy is likely to be unlikely or tame todayni as the Chinese leader is now busy with his visit to Moscow: Russia’s presidential adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters, as reported by Tass. Asked whether Russia believes that possible phone calls between Xi Jinping and Zelenskyy are important in solving the war in Ukraine, Ushakov replied: “In this context, the fact of the possible call is completely irrelevant,” he said.
There was a dispute between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping “an open and substantive exchange of views”. This is what Putin himself said, quoted by the RIA Novosti agency, after two hours of talks behind closed doors in the Kremlin, followed by a public meeting in the presence of a large delegation.
Show relations between China and Russia “a healthy development dynamic”, For his part, Xi said – again according to RIA Novosti – adding that he wants to strengthen “coordination” between Beijing and Moscow. “The scope of the areas of our cooperation is constantly expanding. We have made remarkable achievements in the past, and the further development of cooperation will be successfully implemented,” said the Chinese President.
Putin has also signaled that Inter-trade between Russia and China will surpass $200 billion this year after hitting a record in 2022 despite pandemic and sanctions. “Virtually all parameters” have been agreed between Russia and China for the construction of the Forza of Siberia 2 pipeline for export of Russian gas to China, which will complement the already functioning Forza of Siberia 1 pipeline, he announced.
Russia, the Russian President stressed, is ready to support Chinese companies that want to replace Western ones that have left the country and want to “use the Chinese yuan for payments with countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America”. “I am sure – Putin explained – that these forms of payment will be developed between Russia and partners and colleagues from third countries”.
After Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia Beijing’s contacts with Moscow will help bring about peace. “Russia has carefully studied China’s position paper on the political solution to the crisis in Ukraine and is open to peace talks,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said. President Vladimir Putin said: “Russia appreciates China’s consistent stance of upholding fairness, objectivity and balance on major international issues. China will continue to make Sino-Russian relations a priority.”
The spokesman explained Beijing maintains “Communication with All Stakeholders”. in the Ukraine crisis. Without mentioning a possible talk between President Xi Jinping and his Ukrainian counterpart Zelensky, he argued China will continue to “take an objective and fair position” and “work with the international community” because China’s position “has always been clear and can be in summed up in one phrase, which is to promote peace and conversation”.
As for the criticism of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken In the diplomatic cover Beijing gave Moscow, Wang stressed that China “is neither the creator nor part of the crisis in Ukraine, nor has it supplied arms to either side of the conflict. The US has no right to point the finger at China, let alone blame it,” he added. Furthermore, “they say they want to keep the peace, but people don’t see any effective steps” while “everyone sees that the US continues to supply weapons to the battlefield”.
Beijing will continue to make Russo-Chinese relations “a priority.”: said Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow. China and Russia are “neighboring great powers” and “strategic partners,” added Xi, who invited Vladimir Putin to visit China earlier this year
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had “invited” China to the dialogue and was “waiting for an answer”. while his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping is in Moscow to seal his alliance with Vladimir Putin. “We have offered China to become a partner in implementing the peace formula. We broadcast our formula on all channels. We invite you to dialogue. We are waiting for your answer,” Zelenskyi said at a news conference, adding that he had “received signals, but nothing concrete” at the time.
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Moscow, the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in the Kremlin
The question of Ukraine is among the issues Xi raised with Russian President Vladimir Putin at their first meeting, an informal one-on-one meeting at the Kremlin ahead of today’s official talks, which have been extended to delegations. “We look with interest at your proposals for solving the crisis in Ukraine,” Putin said on camera while sitting side by side with his guest in front of a gold-topped white marble fireplace. “We are open to negotiations,” he added, but stressed that any solution must take into account the principle of “indivisibility of security for all countries.”
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Appeal to the London Conference. The arrest warrant does not expire (ANSA)
It almost seems like a return to those proposals on European security that were put to NATO and the US in December 2021 and which did not get the desired response in Moscow. Two months later, the military operation in Ukraine began. A few hours earlier, in an article published in Russia’s government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Xi had said that China’s 12-point plan brings together the “visions” of different countries, admitting that “finding a synthesis is not easy.” But on the whole of the confrontation with the West, the Chinese president did not distance himself from Putin’s assessments, stating that China shares Russia’s belief that it is necessary to build a multipolar world because “no country is superior to the others, no that Government model is universal and no single country should dictate the international order.”
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On the occasion of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia, the traditional matryoshka popped up among the souvenirs sold today in the center of the Russian capital, with the replicas stacked one inside the other according to size, with the President’s picture there… (ANSA )
The US reaction was consistently negative. The world must not be fooled by a tactical move by China-backed Russia, Foreign Minister Antony Blinken has warned, reiterating the importance of open lines of communication with Beijing. “Xi and Biden will speak at the right time,” the White House added, hoping that after meeting the tsar, the Chinese president should also speak to Zelensky “to get his point.” The head of US diplomacy then stigmatized the fact that Xi confirmed his visit even after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Putin, demonstrating the belief that the Russian leader should not be held responsible for the atrocities in Ukraine , to which Moscow responded by opening criminal proceedings against the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court himself, Karim Khan, because of his decision classified as “illegal”. Putin is confident of China’s support as Russia, as he noted in an article in People’s Daily, combats “common threats.”
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The 12 points of the proposal, from the question of territorial integrity to the prohibition of nuclear weapons (ANSA)
Xi appeared to comfort him during the fireside meeting, during which he called him “dear friend” and called for “close ties” between the two countries, even going as far as an election commercial when he recalled the upcoming presidential election a year in Russia and at the same time underlined the “prosperity” guaranteed by Putin to the country. But it remains unknown how far Beijing will be able to strengthen and expand ties with the Kremlin without damaging its strong economic ties with the West. If Putin emphasized that trade between Russia and China has reached “$185 billion”, it is also true that this is only a fraction of what the People’s Republic has with both the EU and the US. Meanwhile, Ukraine, which has never rejected the idea of Chinese mediation, awaits the outcome of Xi’s visit with uncertainty.
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“The first and most important clause” of a peace agreement must be “the surrender or withdrawal of the occupying Russian forces,” stressed Secretary of the Security Council Oleksiy Danilov. The stance of Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko is more diplomatic about his own role. “Ukraine – he assured – is closely following the visit of the Chinese President to Russia. We expect Beijing to use its influence over Moscow to end the war.”
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From pancakes with quail to venison to pavlova (ANSA)