The head of Chinese diplomacy confirms to Putin that Xi Jinping will travel to Moscow to meet him

Russian President Vladimir Putin deepened his relations with China today upon receiving this Wednesday wang yi, head of the diplomacy of the Asian country. Wang had revealed this Tuesday that China would present a brief peace proposal for the war in Ukraine at the meeting, and Putin has said that is “looking forward” to meeting his counterpart Xi Jinping.

“Of course, we are waiting for Xi’s visit to Russia, we have previously agreed“, Putin said. He has not confirmed when Xi’s visit to Moscow will take place, but he understands that “there is an agenda at the national level. we will give uno boost to the development of our bilateral relations”, he added, in statements collected by the Interfax agency.

Putin stressed that “cooperation in the international arena between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation (…) is of great importance for the stability of the international situation“.

For his part, Wang said that “we support a multipolar world and the democratization of international relations” and picked up Putin’s gauntlet by assuring him that Xi Jinping was sending him a “warm regards“and that, as they have agreed, will visit Russia in the coming months.

Wang also wanted to highlight that the bilateral relationship is not directed against third countries nor does it accept pressure from other powers.

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The meeting in the Kremlin was also attended, on the Russian side, by the Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, and the Secretary of the Security Council, Nikolai Pátrushev. It was also broadcast on Russian public television.

peace proposal

According to the local press, the draft of the Chinese peace initiative would include the defense of territorial integrityan appeal for the cessation of hostilities and the protection of nuclear facilities in Ukraine, and the opposition to the use of chemical weapons.

The first reactions of some Western diplomats to the Beijing proposal have been negative due to the fact that do not contemplate the withdrawal of Russian troops of territory of Ukraine, which they consider Indispensable condition to launch a peace process.

Until now, China has defended the territorial integrity of Ukraine, but has not condemned the Russian military campaignwhich he has even justified by the expansion of NATO.

Last week Wang already informed the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Dmytro Kulebaabout the key points of the initiative during a meeting in the German city of Munich. Kuleba assured that kyiv will study it carefully as soon as they receive the full text.

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Besides, The United States has warned that Beijing is considering supplying lethal weapons to Russiawhich has been rejected by Chinese diplomacy. In this regard, the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenski, assured this week that he is not aware that China has already supplied this type of weapon to the Russian army and Wang himself has ruled it out this week.