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China and Russia Stand United Over Biden on Ukraine

China’s President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met virtually Wednesday to discuss security guarantees from the U.S. restricting NATO’s expansion onto Russia’s borders.

In their talks, Putin and Xi discussed heightened tensions between Moscow and the U.S. over an apparent Russian troop buildup along Ukraine’s border.

Recently, the U.S. and other NATO nations have engaged in diplomatic efforts to prevent Ukraine from being invaded. However, President Putin has denied harbouring plans to invade Ukraine.

Meanwhile, President Putin has demanded guarantees from U.S. President Biden that NATO will not expand into Ukraine or send troops or weapons there.

Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said Putin expressed concern to Xi about “mounting threats to Russia’s national interests” coming from the U.S. and NATO.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the need for legally binding security guarantees with NATO and the United States, Ushakov said. Ushakov said that Xi acknowledged Russia’s concerns and stated that he fully supported Russia’s initiative to have these security guarantees in place.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov met on Wednesday with the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried, who has been in Moscow since Wednesday.

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China and Russia are increasingly coordinating their foreign policies with a view to combating US dominance of international politics and economics in recent years.

Beijing and Moscow have both faced sanctions for their abuses of minorities, most notably Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, and their crackdown on the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, while Russia faced sanctions for annexing Ukraine’s the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and the poisoning and imprisonment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

China’s military intimidation of Taiwan, which it claims as its own territory, remains a source of tension between the U.S and Beijing.

In the wake of annexing Crimea and backing a separatist insurgency in Ukraine’s east, Russia’s relations with the U.S. fell to post-Cold War lows. The situation escalated in recent weeks after Russia massed tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine’s border, a move that the West and Ukraine feared may suggest the start of an invasion.

The Kremlin denies that it has any plans to attack Ukraine, in turn accusing Ukraine of building up its own military across the country’s war-torn east. The Russians claim Kyiv may attempt to reclaim rebel-held areas.

As a result, Putin has demanded that President Biden guarantee that NATO will not expand into Ukraine or deploy its forces there.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping praised relations between the two countries in a phone call on Wednesday, with Putin calling them based on “such principles as not interfering in other countries affairs, respect for each other’s interests, and a determination to turn the shared border into a belt of peace and goodwill.”

Through a translator, Xi praised Putin for “firmly opposing attempts to drive a wedge between our countries while supporting China’s efforts to protect its national interests.”

In an interview with CCTV, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said that China and Russia must execute more joint actions to better protect their security and interests.

China’s Foreign Minister Xi Jinping said that several international forces are arbitrarily meddling in the internal affairs of China and Russia under the guise of democracy, human rights, and international law, trampled upon international law, as reported by CCTV.

Putin also stated that he will attend the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing and meet with Xi in person in February.

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As part of a diplomatic boycott to protest China’s human rights record, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Britain will not be sending dignitaries to the Winter Olympics. A number of countries have said they will not send officials due to travel restrictions caused by the pandemic.

Xi welcomed Putin’s planned visit and said sport could help their countries bolster their ties.

China and the United States should boost coordination and cooperation on global issues to make their voices heard and develop practical plans for solving problems such as the pandemic and climate change, Xi said according to CCTV.

The Foreign Ministry of China said Xi told Putin that he “greatly looks forward to this upcoming meeting at the Winter Olympics” and pledges to work with him “to make the post-COVID era of China-Russia relations a happy one.”

Source: The Associated Press

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