putin invited Chinese leader Xi Jinping to russia
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russian president vladimir putin invited Chinese leader Xi Jinping to russia. The russian dictator is waiting for him in moscow in the spring of 2023.
Rubryka reports, referring to putin's statement during a video conversation with the Chinese leader.
"Next year, intensive bilateral exchanges will continue, I have no doubt, and we will find an opportunity to meet you personally. We are waiting for you, dear Mr. Chairman, dear friend, we are waiting for you in the spring of next year with a state visit to moscow," putin said.
According to the dictator, this will allegedly "demonstrate to the world the strong russian-Chinese ties" and "will become the main political event of the year in bilateral relations."
We will remind you that the Chinese leader didn't come to russia at putin's previous invitation. So, in the summer of this year, the russian dictator invited the chief of the People's Republic of China to moscow, but he refused, citing "coronavirus restrictions."
Earlier, the newly appointed ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the European Union, Fu Kong, said in an interview with the South China Morning Post newspaper that since China doesn't want to "choose between friends," the kremlin and Ukraine, it was russia's invasion of Ukraine that put China "in a challenging position."
China's ambassador to the EU has said that the US is allegedly "profiting from this crisis" by selling weapons and cashing in on Europe's energy crisis. When asked if he believed the US did not want to see the war end, Fu said: "That is our assessment."
According to the Chinese ambassador to the EU, the war in Ukraine "created great tension" in China's relations with Europe. "We are suffering collateral damage from this crisis. Both russia and Ukraine are good friends, so we do not want to choose between friends. This is the starting point of our position," said the Chinese diplomat.
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China avoids criticizing russia in connection with the war in Ukraine. Beijing signed a communique at the G20 summit in Indonesia in November, which said that "the majority of members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine."
However, it continues to refrain from calling it a war.
In November, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that he opposed the use of nuclear force in Europe, emphasizing Beijing's desire to keep russia's war in Ukraine from escalating.
On December 21, Xi Jinping told former russian president dmitry medvedev that his country would like to see talks on Ukraine.
In December, Xi Jinping instructed the government to forge closer economic relations with russia while taking a wait-and-see position during nine months of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
On December 21, russia and China began joint exercises in the East China Sea.
