The Chinese President announced Xi Jinping Wed to maintain close relationships with Russia It is a strategic choice for his country, and he called for deeper bilateral cooperation during a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Beijing.
In Xi’s statements, which were reported by Chinese television CCTV, he said that “maintaining and developing relations between China and Russia is a strategic choice made by both sides, based on the fundamental interests of our two peoples.”
Xi added that the two countries should constantly amplify the positive effects of their high-level political relations and deepen their cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, energy, communications and other sectors.
Sino-Russian relations have been maintained and strengthened since Russian war on Ukraine The beginning of 2022, despite Western sanctions against Russia and warnings issued by the Group of Seven to countries that will contribute to its war effort.
For his part, the Russian Prime Minister said on Tuesday that relations between Beijing and Moscow “were never this good.”
The Russian Prime Minister’s visit to China on Tuesday and Wednesday comes two months after Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, and a high-ranking Chinese general was received in Moscow last November.