In effusive introductory remarks from a video conference between the two leaders broadcast on state television, Putin adds he aims to strengthen military cooperation with China.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, December 30, he was expecting Chinese President Xi Jinping to make a state visit early next year, in what would be a public show of solidarity from Beijing amid Russia’s flailing invasion of Ukraine.
Putin’s statement, which lasted around eight minutes, highlighted Russia’s dramatic pivot away from the Western powers that have ostracized it economically and politically for its actions in Ukraine, and given Ukraine weapons, towards courting the rising global power of long-time rival China. Putin’s remarks contrasted with a far shorter statement from Xi, who made no mention of a visit to Moscow, according to the official translation into Russian.
Since European countries cut links with Russia over the invasion, Russia has overtaken Saudi Arabia as China’s top crude supplier.
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