Thursday, March 28

Xi Jinping arrives in Moscow: “China is willing to promote a multipolar system with Russia”

The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has assured this Monday upon his arrival in Russia, where he will meet with the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, that both powers advocate democratizing international relations and a world order based on UN principles. and international law, despite the many international criticisms that Russia has received for its invasion of Ukraine.

“China is ready to firmly defend with Russia an international system based on the UN (…), to promote multipolarity in the world and the democratization of international relations,” Xi said after descending the stairs of the plane that had landed at Vnukovo-2 airport, according to local agencies.

Xi, whose country has rejected the arrest warrant against Putin issued last Friday by the International Criminal Court (ICC), has stressed that Moscow and Beijing “are guardians of a world order based on international law.”

“During the last 10 years, bilateral relations have been strengthened and developed on the basis of non-adherence, non-confrontation and non-alignment against a third party, they have created an example of inter-state relations based on mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation”, he stressed.

The Chinese leader has been convinced that the visit will be “fruitful” and will promote “stable development” of strategic cooperation between the two countries, which will contribute “to the development of the world in general.” “I hope that during the visit he can exchange views in detail on issues of bilateral relations and important regional and international issues.”

Xi is making his ninth visit to Russia, during which he had an informal lunch in the Kremlin with his “friend” Putin on Monday, and on Tuesday from 3:00 p.m. local time there will be formal negotiations with the respective delegations, during which they will sign agreements.

The meeting between Xi and Putin takes place against the background of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, in which China says it maintains a position of neutrality. On the one hand, he defends Ukrainian territorial integrity and on the other, he advocates taking Russia’s security concerns into account.

China’s peace initiative has been welcomed in Russia with nuances because respecting territorial integrity would mean returning the occupied territories to Ukraine, while in Kiev they consider that the Chinese plan lacks logic and is full of contradictions, because it cannot be taken into account. account the interests of the aggressor country.

The Kremlin stresses that Moscow appreciates Beijing’s moderate stance on Ukraine, with whose leader, Volodimir Zelensky, Xi intends to talk by videoconference after his visit to Russia



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