The presidents of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, respectively, held a telematic meeting in which they took the opportunity to defend that their relations are “self-sufficient”, independent of a “global situation” that will foreseeably be marked in the short and medium term. deadline for the return of Republican magnate Donald Trump to the White House.
Both leaders have agreed that relations between Moscow and Beijing are based on a “broad” set of interests and on “mutual friendship, trust and support”, according to the extracts released by the Kremlin and in which no reference is made. directly to any international event.
Putin has highlighted that, together with Xi, he advocates for a “multipolar” and more “equitable” world order and has pointed out that China and Russia play a “stabilizing” role in this theoretical framework, facing a 2025 in which they will commemorate 80 years since the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
“We cannot allow the ideology of fascism, Nazism and militarism to rear its head again,” warned the Russian president, who has appealed to “historical truth” and collaboration with like-minded countries.
Furthermore, according to the Ukrainian newspaper Putin emphasized that “the goal of resolving the situation in Ukraine should not be a short-term ceasefire, but a long-term peace based on Russia’s interests.”
“As for resolving the situation in Ukraine, as the president (Putin) recently emphasized and reiterated today: the goal should not be some kind of short-term ceasefire, nor some kind of respite, but rather long-term peace.” term based on respect for our objective interests,” said Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s advisor.
