The Russian official also pledged Moscow's backing over the issues of Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Hong Kong. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW - The secretary of Russia’s powerful Security Council told China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Tuesday that Beijing was a top priority for Russian foreign policy and that the two countries must stick together against the West, Russian state news agencies reported.
Mr Nikolai Patrushev, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, also told Mr Wang that Moscow backed China’s position over Taiwan, Hong Kong and Xinjiang, according to a statement cited by the RIA Novosti news agency. The two were meeting in Moscow as China appears to be ramping up its diplomatic efforts to push for a peace settlement in Ukraine, and just hours after Mr Putin announced Russia was“In the context of a campaign that is being waged by the collective West to contain both Russia and China, further deepening of Russian-Chinese cooperation and interaction in the international area is of particular importance,” RIA cited Mr Patrushev as saying during the meeting on Tuesday evening.
“I want to confirm our continued support for Beijing over the issues of Taiwan, Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong,” he added.
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