Within hours of President Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, Chinese and Russian leaders Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin announced plans to “deepen strategic cooperation” and take into account each other's interests in the “current global situation.” We had a 90-minute telephone conversation.
“This year, I am ready to work with you to take China-Russia relations to a new level and counter external uncertainties by maintaining the stability and resilience of China-Russia relations,” Xi said. Ta. said Putin, according to a call log posted by the Kremlin.
President Putin responded by praising the joint projects, including: pipeline It will be operated by Gazprom, the Russian state energy company that transports natural gas to China.
“Five years ago, we joined forces and launched the Siberian gas pipeline, and today Russia is the largest supplier of natural gas to China,” Putin boasted.
“I think last year was a very good year for us. I can confidently say that the foreign policy relations of our two countries and the joint efforts of Russia and China objectively played a major role in stabilizing the international situation.” said.
Putin and Xi carefully avoided mentioning their most aggressive interests in Ukraine and Taiwan, but the Chinese Communist Party issued a statement “firmly” supporting China's claims to Taiwan and calling for “Taiwan independence.” He praised President Putin for his opposition to “.
The two leaders briefly discussed their relationship with Donald Trump, but the Kremlin later said that both China and Russia “would pursue relations with the United States on a basis of mutual benefit and mutual respect if the Trump team is truly interested.” “I want to build it,” he said.
playing cards blackmailed China on Wednesday imposed a 10% tariff on “fentanyl sent to Mexico and Canada” starting as early as February 1.
Trump too blackmailed If President Putin does not strike a “deal” to end the war in Ukraine, he will impose “high levels of taxes, tariffs and sanctions” on Russia.
President Putin: “We will jointly support the development of a more just and multipolar world order and strive to ensure the indivisible security of Eurasia and the entire world.'' said Mr. Xi on the phone.
“Joint efforts between Russia and China play an important role in stabilizing the world situation,” President Putin said. Apparently no one called out Mr. Xi for making such outrageous claims after he launched wars of conquest against neighboring states and destabilized much of the world's economic and security environment.
Although China has at times stubbornly refused to condemn Putin's war in Ukraine, pretend I am interested in ceasefire mediation. There is no doubt that Chinese money is behind Putin and his wars, as China's bulk purchases of Russian oil became Putin's main source of income after European customers were abandoned by him.
China's crude oil imports from Russia hit hard Best ever Last year, it was 2.17 million barrels per day (bpd). Fossil fuel-hungry China also buys large amounts of oil from Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Iran.
