“As for concrete bilateral developments, I can say that appropriate plans are being actively drawn up,” Ambassador Igor Morgulov told Ria.
“What may be no secret, in terms of priority, is that the president of the People’s Republic of China is expected in Russia next year. “
The Chinese Foreign Ministry did not respond to a request for confirmation of Reuters.
Putin visited China in February 2022, proclaiming an “unlimited” partnership days before sending tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. politics.
Mr. Xi was received in the Kremlin as a “dear friend” in 2023 after he obtained an unprecedented third term in office.
Morgulov told RIA that China, which has refrained from condemning Russia’s 34-month-old war in Ukraine, has understood the basis of the clash “to the extent that they face many of the same demanding situations: The United States and its allies are increasing Chinese pressure in the Asia-Pacific region. “
NATO, he said, is “devising plans to move its military infrastructure” into the region.
Russia and China had to respond to U.S. policy jointly, he said.
“In the international arena, it is up to our countries to respond further with a ‘dual counter-action’ to the ‘dual deterrence’ which the West is trying to pursue with regard to Russia and China,” RIA quoted him as saying.
China, in combination with Brazil, presented a peace plan for war in Ukraine, asking to freeze the lines of war and take into account the security interests of both sides.
Russia has expressed support for the proposals.
Ukraine, which has proposed its own plans to end the standoff (the most recent of which includes a request to join the NATO club), has rejected the Sino-Brazilian initiative as serving Moscow’s interests.
Russian forces currently occupy about 20% of Ukraine’s territory and have recently been advancing at their fastest pace since the early days of the war. – Reuters