Russian President Wladimir Putin and its Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will discuss the geopolitical situation regarding Ukraine and Taiwan in Uzbekistan in their first face-to-face meeting since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday.
What happened: “The presidents will discuss both the bilateral agenda and the most important regional and international issues,” said the Russian diplomat and top adviser to the Kremlin Yuri Ushakov said at a briefing in Moscow, Reuters reported.
“You will of course appreciate the unprecedented level of trust within the bilateral strategic partnership,” he added.
This comes hours after the Xi government said China was ready to work with Vladimir Putin to move the global order “in a more just and sane direction.” Beijing’s best diplomat Yang Jiechi told the Russian ambassador Monday that with Xi and Putin at the helm, “the relationship between the two countries has always been on the right track, with both sides supporting each other on issues affecting their core interests.”
Xi will be in Kazakhstan on a state visit on Wednesday. He would then meet the Russian President on the sidelines of the meeting Shanghai Cooperation Organization‘s Summit in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand.
Ushakov said China “clearly understands the reasons that forced Russia to launch its special military operation. This topic will of course be thoroughly discussed during the forthcoming meeting.”
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