It comes amid US concerns that Beijing could provide material support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that China’s Xi Jinping would visit Russia, saying relations had reached “new frontiers” amid US concerns Beijing could provide material support to the invasion of Ukraine.into a confrontation between Russia and China on the one side and Ukraine and the US-led Nato military alliance on the other.telling him bilateral trade was better than expected and could soon reach US$200 billion a year, up from US$185 billion in 2022.
For Mr Putin, China’s big-power support amid the biggest confrontation with the West since the height of the Cold War allows him to cast Russia’s isolation in the West as a tilt towards Asia. “Together we support multi-polarity and democratisation in international relations,” Mr Wang told Mr Putin. China is Russia’s largest buyer of oil, one of the key sources of revenues for Moscow’s state coffers.For Mr Xi, Russia is now more dependent on Beijing than ever and is a junior partner to a resurgent China, which already leads in many 21st century technologies.consequences should China provide material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to China’s Mr Wang Yi during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow.
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