Posted on 04/05/2022 4:33:11 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Destroying arms control treaties is “unacceptable,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin.
During the visit, which was aimed at cementing economic ties between the two countries amid China’s heated trade war with the United States, Putin thanked Xi for helping their countries achieve a trade turnover of more than $100 billion a year. He added that Russian-Chinese relations have reached an “unprecedented level.”
“In the joint agreement that we signed on strengthening global strategic stability in the modern era we empathized the principled stance of Russia and China on the unacceptability of jeopardizing the existing system of agreements on arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation,” Putin said.
On many international and regional issues Russia’s geopolitical views align with those of China, he added.
In an interview with TASS ahead of the trip, the Chinese leader called Putin his “best and bosom friend,” adding he cherished their “deep friendship.”
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Pushing Russia to a closer relationship with China may go down as one of the dumber geopolitical mistakes since fall of Berlin Wall.
I doubt Putin is dumb enough to trust Xi farther than he can throw him. And vice versa.
Was this headline written by a gender confused hormonaly imbanced pubescent?
2019, back when there was a trade war. Now, there’s the aftermath of our surrender.
Who earned more payroll wages from Communist China, Putin, or the Biden crime family?
Yep.
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