Putin mentioned he had “excessive expectations” of his talks with the Chinese language chief. (File)
Moscow:
President Vladimir Putin on Sunday welcomed China’s willingness to play a “constructive function” in ending the battle in Ukraine, saying Sino-Russian relations had been “on the highest level”.
His Chinese language counterpart Xi Jinping heads to Russia on Monday hoping to ship a breakthrough on Ukraine as Beijing seeks to place itself as a peacemaker.
The standard of ties between Moscow and Beijing is “greater than the political and army unions of the Chilly Battle period”, Putin mentioned in an article written for a Chinese language newspaper and printed by the Kremlin on the eve of Xi’s go to.
Putin mentioned he had “excessive expectations” of his talks with the Chinese language chief.
“We’ve got little question that they’ll give a brand new highly effective impetus to the entire bilateral cooperation,” he added.
Putin hailed “China’s willingness to play a constructive function in resolving” the year-long battle in Ukraine.
He mentioned he was grateful to Beijing for its “balanced” stance on occasions in Ukraine and its understanding of the battle’s backstory and the “actual causes” behind it.
“Russia is open to a settlement of the Ukrainian disaster by political-diplomatic means,” Putin assured within the article.
Nevertheless, he insisted on Kyiv’s recognition of “new geopolitical realities”, specifically Russia’s annexation final 12 months of 4 Ukrainian areas, in addition to Crimea again in 2014.
“Sadly, ultimatums to Russia present that (their authors) are removed from these realities and have no real interest in searching for an answer,” he added.
Saying the journey Friday, Chinese language overseas ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin mentioned Beijing would “play a constructive function in selling peace talks”.
Freshly reappointed for a 3rd time period in energy, Xi is pushing a better function for China on the worldwide stage, and was essential in mediating a shock rapprochement between Center Japanese rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia this month.
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