‘Relations between Beijing and Moscow are increasingly stable and solid’
Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed today to promote “world peace” in a New Year message to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The Beijing media reported it.
“No matter how the international situation develops, China will remain steadfast in further and comprehensively deepening reforms and promoting peace and development in the world,” Xi was quoted as saying by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Since Putin’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022, Beijing has sought to present itself as a neutral party unlike the United States and other Western nations. But it remains a close political and economic partner of Russia, leading some NATO members to label China a “facilitator” of Putin’s war, which has never been openly condemned by Beijing. he never condemned.
According to CCTV, Xi told the Tsar that “in the face of rapidly evolving changes never seen in a century and the turbulent international situation, China and Russia have steadily continued hand in hand along the correct path of non-alignment, non-confrontation and non-confrontation.” targets third parties”. Xi reminded Putin that 2024 marked the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, “representing a new important milestone in relations between the two countries. After three-quarters of a century of ups and downs, relations “between Beijing and Moscow “have become increasingly mature and stable,” the Chinese president said.
