Putin says relations with China are the ‘best ever’

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putindescribed this Friday relations with China one of the “best in history” in a videoconference conversation with his counterpart from the Asian country, Xi Jinping.

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“Our relations have withstood all tests, demonstrate maturity and stability, and continue to expand dynamically,” the Kremlin chief told Xi.

According to Putin, relations between Moscow and Beijing are “the best in history and a model of cooperation between great powers in the 21st century.”

“With you we see in the same way the causes, the progress and the logic of the transformations of the global geopolitical landscape,” he added.

The Russian leader stressed that a “special” place in relations is held by technical-military cooperation between the two countries.

According to him, this cooperation “contributes to guaranteeing the security of our countries and maintaining stability in key regions.”

“We have the goal of strengthening cooperation between the Russian and Chinese armed forces,” Putin said.

The head of the Kremlin was convinced that next year both leaders will be able to hold a face-to-face meeting.

“Dear Mr. President, dear friend, we are waiting for you in Moscow with a state visit next spring,” he said.

He stressed that this visit will demonstrate to the world the strength of Russian-Chinese relations and will be “the main event of the year in bilateral relations.”

Regarding economic relations, he said that despite the foreign situation “illegitimate restrictions and direct blackmail by some Western countries, Russia and China have managed to guarantee record rates of trade.”

The Russian president stressed that this year trade between the two countries will increase “approximately 25%.”

“With this dynamic, the objective that we have set ourselves of reaching 200,000 million dollars (in commercial exchange) by 2024 can be achieved in advance,” he said.

Xi, for his part, affirmed, according to the translation offered by Russian television, that Beijing was willing to increase strategic interaction with Russia that offers the parties “possibilities for development.”

According to the Chinese leader, being “global partners benefits the people” of both countries.

He also stressed that this year he has had two face-to-face meetings with Putin, with whom he has also spoken by phone “on several occasions.”

“We maintain close strategic contact,” he told the Kremlin chief, adding that relations with Russia have shown their “resilience” in the “new era” the world is experiencing.

Another of the topics of conversation at the meeting was that of the Ukrainian War, where Xi Jinping stressed that “China has noted that Russia has never refused to resolve the conflict through diplomatic negotiations,” according to the official Chinese newspaper Diario del Town.

“The road to peace talks will not be easy, but as long as efforts are not abandoned, there will always be the prospect of peace,” added the Chinese president.

Source: Elcomercio

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