Posted on 04/16/2020 5:27:04 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
Russian President Vladimir Putin defended China's record on responding to the novel coronavirus outbreak amid U.S. attacks in a phone call with his counterpart in Beijing.
Putin and President Xi Jinping of China held "a thorough exchange of views on the situation around the coronavirus pandemic" in a telephone conversation Thursday, according to a readout shared by the Kremlin. The two men have sought to boost their strategic partnership by working closely together amid the crisis and the pair emphasized efforts to "further strengthen cooperation in this area, including through the exchange of specialists, the supply of medical equipment, medicines and protective equipment."
But with President Donald Trump and his administration accusing Beijing of mishandling and attempting to cover up the outbreak of the infectious disease first observed late last year in China's central city of Wuhan, Putin also set out to dismiss Xi's detractors.
"The Russian side highly appreciated the consistent and effective actions of the Chinese partners, which made it possible to stabilize the epidemiological situation in the country. The counterproductiveness of attempts to accuse China of untimely informing the world community about the emergence of a dangerous infection was emphasized," the readout said.
"Both leaders expressed confidence that by continuing to work closely with each other, their countries will be able to successfully overcome the challenges associated with the pandemic," it said.
Beijing first informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of a new coronavirus on New Year's Eve and officially notified Washington on January 3. Trump initially praised Xi's response to the pathogen that was initially reported to have a low human-to-human transmission rate, even as the U.S. leader banned travel from China later that same month.
By March, however, the COVID-19 epicenter had migrated West to Europe and the United States.
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Turkeys of a feather flock together
Eternal enemies.
Speaking of Russia, I haven’t heard any news on the virus’ impact over there.
Maybe they are praising China for an early warning no one else got.
Strange, based on what Newsweak told me about Russia not long ago, they were in cahoots with Trump big time.
Putin is the poor schnook who has a 3,000 mile border with China. He has to play nice.
Typical MSM-Democrat misdirection and projection.
The attack came from China. Chi Na.
Russia closes border with China to prevent spread of the coronavirus
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/30/coronavirus-russia-closes-border-with-china-to-prevent-spread.html
To Avoid New COVID-19 Cases, China Closes Border With Russia
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/10/831480479/to-avoid-new-covid-19-cases-china-closes-border-with-russia
May they infect each other.
They're doing very well. Two deaths per million population. The U.S. is at 105 per million.
The USSR and China have been tight for a very long time.
Putin is the poor schnook who has a 3,000 mile border with China. He has to play nice.
China has probably also agreed to buy a lot of Russian oil at pretty high prices, too.
Let’s see how Russia feels about China in 2 weeks.
Russia had 3500 new cases yesterday, making them 7th in the New Daily case list.
LOL, doing the work that would normally be done by Hillary Clinton…
Russia's Coronavirus Cases Rise By 3,448 in 5th Consecutive One-Day Record
[I wonder how accurate Russia’s tests have been. Why all these new cases? ]
Thanks.
I wish they wouldn’t use words like “attacks”. If we really did attack them it would be no laughing matter.
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