Russia and China should stand firm in rejecting Western interference and defending each other's security interests, presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have agreed:
Chinese President Xi Jinping at a virtual meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, 15 December.Russia and China should stand firm in rejecting Western interference and defending each other's security interests, presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping agreed in a video call on Wednesday.
"China and Russia should increase their joint efforts to more effectively safeguard the security interests of both parties," he said.Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters that President Xi had offered support to Vladimir Putin for his push to obtain binding security guarantees for Russia from the West, because he understood Moscow's concerns.
"A new model of cooperation has been formed between our countries, based, among other things, on such principles as non-interference in internal affairs and respect for each other's interests," Mr Putin told President Xi. Russia was found to have used a state-backed doping program at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi and was banned from international competitions afterwards.
The Russian leader said bilateral trade was up 31 per cent in the first 11 months of this year to $123 billion, and the two countries aimed to exceed $200 billion in the near future.He said China was becoming an international centre for production of Russia's Sputnik and Sputnik Light vaccines against COVID-19, with contracts signed with six manufacturers to make more than 150 million doses.
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