Washington denounced Xi’s visit, saying the timing showed Beijing was providing Moscow with “diplomatic cover” to commit further crimes.
| Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping held more than four hours of talks in Moscow on Monday , kicking off a state visit that represents a symbolic joint stand against the US and its Western allies, which the two leaders have characterised as domineering and hypocritical.
At an initial meeting on Monday afternoon, the leaders appeared relaxed, smiling as they shook hands. “Dear friend, welcome to Russia,” Mr Putin said. Mr Putin and Mr Xi also ate dinner together on Monday and, according to a menu posted by one Kremlin pool reporter, were served quail and mushroom pancakes, venison and Russian wine.Before the talks started, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the leaders would discuss the prospects for peace “one way or another” and that Ukraine would “undoubtedly be on the agenda”.
Mr Putin attacked the US directly in his article. “The US’s policy of simultaneously deterring Russia and China, as well as all those who do not bend to American dictation, is getting ever more fierce and aggressive,” Mr Putin wrote. “The international security and cooperation architecture is being dismantled. Russia has been labelled an ‘immediate threat’ and China a ‘strategic competitor.’”
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