Meeting for the first time in 7 months on the occasion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit… The North Korean nuclear issue also pays attention
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold their first face-to-face summit in Uzbekistan on the 15th (local time) in Uzbekistan.
According to the Russian Kremlin, the two leaders will hold bilateral talks by taking advantage of the opportunity to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, side by side.
This is the reunion after 7 months of meeting in Beijing on February 4, the day of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
According to Archyde.com and TASS news agency, Yuri Ushakov, the Kremlin’s foreign affairs adviser, said at a briefing on the 13th that “the two leaders will discuss the bilateral agenda and major regional and international issues.”
While the Ukrainian war and the Taiwan issue are expected to be the main issues at the summit, both sides are expected to support the other side to keep the United States in check on both issues.
First of all, while China will not ostensibly withdraw its neutrality policy, it is expected that it will actually strengthen Russia’s position on war.
“China clearly understands why Russia was forced to carry out a ‘special military operation’ (Russian expression for the invasion of Ukraine),” Ushakov said. said.
Recalling China’s political support for Russia, while thoroughly drawing a line on criticism and sanctions against Russia after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, revealing the view that the main cause of the war lies in the eastward movement of NATO. read as
In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Maoning said at a regular briefing on the 13th, “Our position on the Ukraine crisis is consistent. We appeal to you to find a way as quickly as possible.”
Correspondingly, Russia is expected to clearly support China in the Taiwan issue, which has been drawing more attention as a gunpowder in the US-China conflict after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited last month.
In the meantime, Russia has firmly supported the ‘one China’ principle and emphasized its unity with China, criticizing Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan as a provocation.
Western experts predict that the rising superpower China and resource power Russia will strengthen ‘unlimited cooperation’ through this summit.
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China has been enjoying the benefits of purchasing energy, such as oil, natural gas, and coal, from Russia, which is subject to Western sanctions, at low prices.
From the Russian point of view, it is to provide a breathing room to escape from the economic isolation imposed by the Western sanctions, so economic cooperation that is win-win between China and Russia is expanding.
It seems likely that China-Russia development cooperation in the Far East, which was actively discussed at the Eastern Economic Forum recently held in Russia, was also included on the agenda.
In addition, the leaders of China and Russia are expected to discuss how to respond as a permanent member of the UN Security Council to North Korea, which is showing its will to possess nuclear weapons even more strongly by enacting the principle of using nuclear weapons while fiddling with the card for the 7th nuclear test.
/yunhap news