President Vladimir Putin will provide Chinese President Xi Jinping with detailed 'clarifications' on Russia's point of view on the Ukraine conflict during Xi's state visit to Russia that begins on Monday (Mar 2
Xi was due to arrive in Moscow around 10.30am GMT and to hold one-to-one"informal" talks with Putin on Monday afternoon, followed by dinner. Formal talks are scheduled for Tuesday.
Asked if China could become an intermediary between Moscow and Washington, Peskov declined to answer directly. "For the time being, we see a continuing line on preventing any slowdown in hostilities. Washington, the State Department and the US National Security Council are talking about this openly and officially," he said.
Moscow accuses the United States and other Western countries of pouring weapons into Ukraine in order to inflict a"strategic defeat" on Russia. Washington and its allies say they are arming Ukraine to help it defend against an unprovoked Russian invasion and imperial-style land grab. "The United States is sticking to its position, which is aimed at further provoking the conflict, preventing any decrease in the intensity of hostilities and pumping weapons into Ukraine," Peskov said.
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