Russian strongman President Vladimir Putin held an hour-long meeting with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the ongoing BRICS summit on Tuesday, saying that China-Russia relations are an example to the world and that the world's “stability” is important. He said that it is the power of
Both Chinese and Russian media claimed that the extended talks were aimed at portraying the two countries as steadfast allies. The two countries did not publicly discuss potential points of contention in their relationship, most recently Putin's efforts to bring North Korea, a traditional Chinese client state, into Russia's political orbit.
Dozens of heads of state, including nine members of the anti-Western alliance, are scheduled to attend this year's BRICS Summit, but on the first day, President Putin will greet the arriving leaders, and the leaders of only BRICS member countries will attend the summit in private. A meeting was held. . The alliance, named after its five core members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, added Egypt, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iran in January.
Russia holds the 2024 BRICS chairmanship and is hosting a high-level summit in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The Russian government said the main geopolitical goal of the summit was to ensure that Russia was not alone in the world and to counter Western powers' commitment to Moscow in response to various human rights violations in the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Sanctions will have minimal impact on Russian diplomacy. Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said President Putin had one-on-one meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who heads the BRICS group. He announced that he had met with him. “New Development Bank”.
However, Mr. Putin spent the most time with Mr. Xi, and both Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin portrayed mutual relations as the most important within the BRICS structure. Russian news agency TASS reported Putin and Xi had a private conversation for an hour, but provided few details about the content of the conversation.
kremlin published This is a transcript of the opening remarks of the meeting, in which both sides lavished praise on bilateral relations.
President Putin: “We can say with complete confidence that these relationships have become a paradigm for how relations between states should be structured in the modern world.'' declared. “Our multifaceted cooperation is characterized by equality, mutual benefit and an absolutely non-conformist nature.”
Putin said that “Russian-Chinese cooperation in world affairs” has been manifested in support for nefarious causes such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Hamas' genocidal terrorists, and the aforementioned communist regime in North Korea. , claimed that it was one of the “major cooperations”. Stability factors in the international arena. ”
“We intend to further expand our cooperation on all multilateral platforms to ensure global security and promote a more just world order,” Putin promised.
In his remarks, Xi said he looked forward to engaging with Putin “above all” at the BRICS summit and congratulated China and Russia on “taking the right path” to cooperation.
“Over the past several decades, China-Russia relations have endured the challenges of the changing international situation, and have gone through a long process to acquire an unprecedented character,” Xi said.
“The international situation is undergoing profound changes and upheavals amid unprecedented tectonic shifts not seen in centuries,” Xi continued. “However, this reinforces my belief that our strategic choices, which prioritize solid mutual support, the centuries-old deep friendship between our countries, and our sense of duty as great powers, are inviolable. It cannot be shaken.”
President Xi praised the BRICS themselves for promoting “inclusive economic globalization.”
While wishing President Putin success as host, Global TimesThe newspaper, a state propaganda outlet that often acts as a mouthpiece for Beijing, published an editorial on Wednesday local time declaring China the most important member of BRICS and the future arbiter of the coalition government. china, outlet claimed“made an outstanding contribution to promoting the growth of the organization.”
“There is no doubt that China is one of the main driving forces for the development of BRICS,” he said. Global Times This was proudly said by a Russian official.
Reports about the meeting between Putin and Xi did not publicly mention specific international topics, including the two countries' close ties with North Korea. President Putin visited Pyongyang this summer for the first time in more than 20 years, where he received a warm welcome from dictator Kim Jong Un and signed a mutual defense treaty with the communist country. While relations with Russia have improved, relations between North Korea and China are strained, something both Mr. Xi and Mr. Kim have hinted at in public statements.
Reports from Kazan and expert analysis looking ahead to the summit will shed light on what Russia and China, along with the BRICS nations, will do with the dozens of countries they are reportedly seeking to join – who they will let into the club, and the possibilities. This suggests that priority should be given to what to do about the future. Create a lower BRICS “partner” status for friendly countries whose members do not wish to fully integrate into the system. Reports have cited a variety of rogue states as interested in potential membership, most notably Latin American dictatorships such as Venezuela and Cuba. Other countries expressing interest in the coalition include NATO member Turkey and socialist dictatorship Zimbabwe.
BRICS countries have also sought to create a parallel international payments system to override sanctions and the ongoing war between Israel and the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas, which relies heavily on support from BRICS member Iran. It is expected that efforts will also be made.
