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Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin call for 'political solution' to Ukraine war - BBC News Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin call for 'political solution' to Ukraine war - BBC News
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It's now just after 16:00 in Beijing and just after 09:00 in London. If you are just joining us, here's a quick recap on the main developments over the past few hours: Laura Bicker
At a joint news briefing, both Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin praised a "strategic" relationship between their two countries China correspondent in Beijing
The Chinese president said Beijing and Moscow agreed there should be a "political solution" to the Russia-Ukraine war, without giving any details. China's peace proposals unveiled last year have been criticised by both Kyiv and its Western allies As we've just mentioned, Putin is scheduled to travel to the most Russian city in China
Putin said he would inform Xi about "the situation around the Ukrainian crisis" during their informal meeting in the evening tomorrow, the north-eastern hub of Harbin.
China and Russia also hailed their growing bilateral trade, signing a series of new agreements There
Putin arrived in Beijing early on Thursday in what is his first state visit overseas since winning his fifth term in office last March, an election that was widely criticised by the West as undemocratic he will visit a China-Russia trade fair to underscore the strength of economic links
The Kremlin leader was welcomed in a grand ceremony that featured military march pasts, a band playing Soviet songs and children cheering with pompoms between the two countries.
Putin is next heading to Harbin on Friday, a city in China's north-east known for its rich cultural and historic ties with Russia Harbin
once had the nickname of “Little Moscow” and was founded by Russian settlers in
the 1900’s.
Although much of the Orthodox-style architecture has gone, it still
has the imposing St Sophie Cathedral at the centre of the city.
Tourists
flock there for the annual Ice and Snow Festival and some dress up in
fairytale-like costumes and pose in front of the cathedral.
The city of Harbin itself conducts a lot of trade with Russia and some of the ten
million people living there choose to learn Russian. Putin will surely feel at
home.
This will serve as a way of showing off the shared history, shared ties and
shared ideology between the two countries.
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