Beijing: Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin will hold a virtual summit this week to discuss bilateral relations and international problems, amid tensions between Moscow and West over massing tens of thousands of Russian troops near their borders with Ukraine.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said there were no certain topics and said details would be released after Wednesday’s video meeting.
“ Two heads of state will provide a full review of China-Russian relations and cooperation in various fields this year, “ Wang tells the daily direction on Monday.
Wang added that leaders would also make a top-level design for the development of bilateral relations next year.
” US President Joe Biden warned Putin during a call last week that Russia will face economic sanctions that will occur again invading Ukraine.
Putin replied that “ Russian forces were in their own territory, and they did not threaten anyone, “According to his foreign affairs advisor Yuri Ushakov.
In recent years, China and Russia are increasingly aligning their foreign policy to fight US dominance against international economic and political order.
Both of them face sanctions on their internal policies, China for violations of minorities, especially Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, and because of their hard actions in the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Beijing and Washington also remained at odds over Trading, Technology, and Taiwan’s Chinese military intimidation, which was claimed to be their own territory.
Wang said the bilateral meeting of US rivals is expected to “ further increase high-level reciprocal beliefs between the two parties.
“Putin has been seeking guarantees that the expansion of the NATO military alliance will never include Ukraine, requests are rejected by the US and its NATO allies.