Zelenskiy celebrates Snake Island victory; Putin warns the west that its efforts to defeat him will bring tragedy to Ukraine
have maintained normal exchanges and promoted cooperation, showing the “strong resilience” and “strategic resolve” of their relationsChina will also support all efforts conducive to the peaceful resolution of thecrisis, Wang told Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in a meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, according to a statement from the Chinese foreign ministry.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken will hold separate talks with Wang “to discuss having guardrails” on US-China relations so that competition “does not spill over into miscalculation or confrontation”, said US assistant secretary of state Daniel Kritenbrink. Wang spoke to Lavrov on Thursday ahead of the G20 meeting as the pair were pictured in a bilateral meeting on the Indonesian resort island. A Russian foreign ministry statement said Lavrov informed Wang “about the implementation of the main missions of the special military operation” in Ukraine and reiterated Moscow’s rhetoric that its aim is to “denazify” the country.
Speaking at a meeting with parliamentary leaders on Thursday, the Russian president said the prospects for any negotiation would grow dimmer the longer the conflict dragged on.
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