In remarks at the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin told China’s leader, Xi Jinping, that Russia was ‘a bit jealous’ of China’s rapid development in recent decades. During a meeting in which he invited Xi to sit close to him – in contrast to the long white table at which he sat with the French president, Emmanuel Macron – Putin said he welcomed Beijing’s proposal to end the ‘acute crisis’ in Ukraine and viewed the plan with respect The Guardian
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Xi Jinping says China ready to ‘stand guard over world order’ as he lands in Moscow
Xi Jinping said China was ready with Russia “to stand guard over the world order based on international law” as he landed in Moscow for a state visit days after Vladimir Putin was made the subject of an arrest warrant by the international criminal court. The Chinese leader is expected to position himself as a potential peacemaker in the Ukraine war during his first state visit to Russia since Putin’s invasion. For his part, the Russian president will be hoping to project unity in the face of western isolation. A…
Xi Jinping will get Putin’s ‘view’ of war in Ukraine, says Kremlin official – video
Vladimir Putin will provide Xi Jinping with ‘clarifications’ on Russia’s point of view on the Ukraine conflict during the Chinese leader’s state visit to Russia, the Kremlin has said. During a call with reporters, the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said the two presidents would discuss themes in the peace plan for Ukraine proposed by China. This is China’s president first visit to Russia for four years and will last three days. The Guardian
China’s Xi Jinping arrives in Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin – video
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, arrived in Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin, days after the international criminal court charged the Russian president with war crimes in Ukraine. Xi and Putin declared they had a ‘no-limits friendship’ before the February 2022 attack on Ukraine, but Beijing has tried to portray itself as neutral in the conflict This is China’s president first visit to Russia for four years and will last three days The Guardian
Compare Iraq with Ukraine. It’s clear the era of US global supremacy is over | Jonathan Steele
It’s a useful coincidence that the 20th anniversary of George W Bush and Tony Blair’s illegal attack on Iraq falls only a matter of weeks after the anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s illegal attack on Ukraine. Neither war was authorised by the UN. Both are marked by massive destruction and huge loss of life. The Bush/Blair invasion and occupation of Iraq, and its chaotic consequences, have taken the lives of more than a million Iraqi civilians, according to one survey. US forces committed innumerable war crimes, not least the torture of…
Russia-Ukraine war live: Xi Jinping heads to Moscow; ICC to plead for funding to pursue war crimes inquiry
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Xi Heads to Russia, Praising Putin and Saying Little About Ukraine
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is set to arrive in Moscow on Monday for a summit with President Vladimir V. Putin that will test how far Mr. Xi is willing to go to act as a potential peace broker in the war in Ukraine. The Chinese government has cast Mr. Xi’s three-day state visit to Russia as a “trip for peace,” seeking to burnish his image as a global statesman after Beijing hosted talks this month that led to a significant agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran. But even Chinese state…
‘Good old friend’: Putin offers praise for Xi ahead of first trip to Russia since Ukraine invasion
Vladimir Putin has praised “good old friend” Xi Jinping in a newspaper article published in China on the eve of a state visit by the Chinese president that will reaffirm the leaders’ strong ties and provide Moscow with an opportunity to emphasise that it has not been isolated by the global community. The two leaders, who are believed to share a strong personal relationship, will meet one-on-one on Monday, followed by an informal lunch, Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said. In an article written for a Chinese newspaper on Sunday, Putin…
Putin welcomes China’s willingness to play ‘constructive role’ in solving ‘Ukraine crisis’
Vladimir Putin has welcomed China’s willingness to play a “constructive role” in solving in what he called the Ukraine “crisis”, in an article released on the eve of a visit by his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. In what the Kremlin said was an article written for a Chinese newspaper on Sunday, the Russian president called Xi his “good old friend” and said Russia had high hopes for his visit, the Chinese leader’s first to Russia since Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine last year. Xi’s visit comes just days after…
China as Peacemaker in the Ukraine War? The U.S. and Europe Are Skeptical.
WASHINGTON — As Xi Jinping, China’s leader, prepares to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow this week, Chinese officials have been framing his trip as a mission of peace, one where he will seek to “play a constructive role in promoting talks” between Russia and Ukraine, as a government spokesman in Beijing put it. But American and European officials are watching for something else altogether — whether Mr. Xi will add fuel to the full-scale war that Mr. Putin began more than a year ago. U.S. officials say…