Putin welcomes ‘dear friend’ Xi for hours of talks at the Kremlin

 

 

Putin welcomes ‘dear friend’ Xi for hours of talks at the Kremlin

Well, in part it's based on two countries, Russia and China, feeling a bit uneasy. A bit of confusion is perhaps evident in the case of Putin, who was recently indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. So it can't be very good.

But at the same time, they have become economically and diplomatically isolated. He knows that his nemesis in Ukraine, Zelenskiy, has just met with the prime minister of Finland, who is trying to join the NATO alliance. I think Zelinsky will visit tomorrow on his behalf.

    The Prime Minister of Japan is making his first visit to Kyiv, Kishinev, and um visiting Moscow. Oh, you know very well that thankfully Xi Jinping is the world's second-largest economy and war leader here. Before XI Jinping and 10 times the economy of China I mean he's not fully feeling that he's been warmly embraced by the world either it was just last week when he had an extraordinary explosion. I said that America is leading it.

China doesn't feel like a fully valid member of the international community, as Gherao and China's foreign minister said last week that the two countries are on a path to war if the U.S. doesn't change course. So they are looking for mutual comfort which is the first point.

    Secondly, I would say that they have very strong mutual interests in energy trade. China has dramatically increased its energy imports from Russia, from about $50 billion last year to about $80 billion last year, and is one of the hottest topics to come.

    Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin discussed the construction of a second gas pipeline from Russia this week. Which will take Russian gas to China which will be a huge and profitable enterprise for Russia. Because the rest of the world has lost gas and oil, and of course, China is very welcome. which is desperate for resources and concessions thanks to Western sanctions on Russia.

    ia and they certainly have common diplomatic interests, but by and large, they have a common enemy in the Western bloc, including the US and Australia, and they have this strong economic alliance. Which is getting really hard as the weeks and months go by, yeah, you know you talk about China. And his insistence on the United States brought the Arcas Agreement very close to the tour.

    Now the youth blackness that prompted the visit was one factor or just another factor surrounding Xi Jinping's sense that the Orcas deal was definitely in train for one of Scott Morrison's announcements. More than a year later, he announced that the further development of Arcas provides further evidence that if the Western bloc wants to strengthen its relationship, that's when you'll see what Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have done now. Before the war, there are since the war.

    When the war started in Ukraine, they are also tightening their alliance. You are seeing the two great blocs of the East and the West consolidating their alliances and you are increasingly seeing what is commonly referred to as the New Cold War, these spheres taking a tougher shape, yes if you Pointing to China, there is now a superpower and its rival. The America we think we want to end.

    It's one thing if you know how Russia deals with Ukraine, but what China wants to do with all the myriad connections it has embedded globally.

The separate problem for America, I would add, is that this is what Xi Jinping is doing. And the Chinese nation-state has generally aimed to achieve this in recent years. And he has spoken openly about establishing a more just and balanced world order, as Xi Jinping would.

    This involves changing the entire arrangement of making the world with China and not the US and its allies at the center so that China is as close as possible. The better Russia's cooperation and the more power it will have to reset. You are watching the world and you are seeing signs of this not only Russia has rejected the indictment against Putin by the international criminal courts, but today China also came out clearly against Putin a few years ago. CC's search is rejected.

    You may remember when the Philippines occupied China. On China's interference in the Philippines and international maritime areas, the Hague Court said that China's occupation is illegal under international law. China rejected it. And is advancing its maritime encroachments on its neighbors' territory, so both countries are rejecting existing international orders in pursuit of a new one that will seriously harm China if China becomes a peacemaker. Play the role of a diplomat.

    You want him to play a peacemaking role by looking at the restoration of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, doesn't he have any chance of convincing this figure that Putin is going to use his so-called special measures in Ukraineville. are on? They do not seem to listen to any rational suggestion.

    Beau says it is difficult for Xi Jinping to present himself as a neutral peacemaker. Here they have just arrived on a formal state visit to Moscow amid hostilities, and they have embraced each other, and Xi Jinping has once again used the language of unlimited partnership that he called This will strengthen the relations between the two countries. Stronger than ever.

    He was very clearly compared to them during the Cold War and not only that he has endorsed the re-election of Vladimir Putin in next year's Russian elections. So they are very clearly supporting Putin and Russia and this is very clear public support for the invasion of Ukraine. So this is the first point he can come to.

    None of these features of the Clean Peace Plan worries Vladimir Putin because it is an inherently unbalanced set of proposals that have been Putin's own talking points over the past year. is largely mirrored and Russia does not need to withdraw from any agreement. The territory was invaded so it is called TheAmericanshave rejected it outright and said for example that it would be a confirmation of Russian victory over Ukraine but it is certainly an unbalanced document that Vladimir Zelensky has published in this Time not published as plants are currently standing.