Xi Jinping‘s government said China is willing to work with him Wladimir Putin to move the global order “in a more just and sane direction”.
What happened: “The Chinese side is willing to work with the Russian side to continuously implement high-level strategic cooperation between the two countries, safeguard common interests and promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction,” Beijing’s top diplomat said Yang Jiechi is said to have been communicated to the Russian ambassador on Monday.
Jiechi underscored the depth of the two nations’ ties, saying that with Xi and Putin at the helm, “the relationship between the two countries has always been on the right track, with both sides supporting each other on issues affecting their core interests,” Bloomberg said reported.
This comes ahead of Xi’s first trip abroad in more than two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, where he is ready to meet Putin. Xi will be in Kazakhstan on a state visit on Wednesday. He would then meet the Russian President on Shanghai Cooperation Organization Peaks in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan.
China has never taken a clear stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nor has it ever criticized Russia for its actions. Xi has often reiterated that China supports Russia and Ukraine in “Solve problems through negotiations.”
