The visit by Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party's most senior foreign policy official, to Moscow showcased Russia and China’s deepening ties in meetings closely watched for signs that Beijing may offer the Kremlin stronger support for its war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin
While Wang that “Chinese-Russian relations aren’t directed against any third countries and certainly can’t be subject to pressure from any third countries,” the specter of the war and the ways in which it has galvanized the West and deepened its divide with Russia hung over his meeting with Putin. The rapprochement has worried the West. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said any Chinese involvement in the Kremlin’s war effort would be a “serious problem.”
“It seems like anyone who talks with Russia will be seen as siding with Moscow in Russia-Ukraine conflict,” the English-language Chinese newspaper quoted Zhang as saying., the powerful secretary of Russia’s National Security Council, who called for closer cooperation with Beijing to counter what he described as Western efforts to maintain dominance by thwarting an alliance between China and Russia.
Wang's trip to Moscow took place against a backdrop of grinding battles in Ukraine as neither side appeared to gain momentum, following weeks of virtual stalemate during the winter. Ukraine’s presidential office said at least seven civilians were killed between Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The growing relationship between China and Russia is another example of the ways the war could spread into perilous new terrain., raising new concerns about the fate of the arms pact, which was already on life support.
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