“Right now there are changes – the likes of which we haven’t seen for 100 years – and we are the ones driving these changes together,” Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladimir Putin as he stood at the door of the Kremlin to say goodbye.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he leaves after their dinner at The Palace of the Facets in the Kremlin.The trip that ended Wednesday signalled no new progress in ending the bloody conflict between Russia and Ukraine while shoring up President Vladimir Putin’s standing amid growing efforts to isolate him and his government internationally.
“What China has done boils down to one word, that is, to promote peace talks,” Wang said at a daily briefing. China would “continue to play a constructive role in promoting a political settlement of the Ukrainian issue,” Wang said, an apparent reference to a 12-point peace proposal put forward by Beijing that calls for a cease-fire and negotiations.
In other comments on Ukraine, Wang said Russia and China agreed that the UN Charter must be observed and international law be respected. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping toast during their dinner at The Palace of the Facets is a building in the Kremlin.In a joint statement signed in Moscow, Russia and China emphasised the need to respect security concerns to settle the conflict, echoing Moscow’s argument that it sent in troops to prevent the US and its NATO allies from turning the country into an anti-Russian bulwark.
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