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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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Laura Bicker Stephen McDonell
China correspondent in Beijing Reporting from Beijing
As we've just mentioned, Putin is scheduled to travel to the most Russian city in China The Biden
tomorrow, the north-eastern hub of Harbin. administration has accused the Chinese government of supplying significant,
There direct, and material assistance for Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
he will visit a China-Russia trade fair to underscore the strength of economic links Now this
between the two countries. trip to China is also providing moral support for an increasingly isolated
Harbin Russian leader who can’t travel to many countries for risk of being arrested
once had the nickname of “Little Moscow” and was founded by Russian settlers in and sent to the International Criminal Court.
the 1900’s. While
Although much of the Orthodox-style architecture has gone, it still here, Putin can present himself to his own people as having the
has the imposing St Sophie Cathedral at the centre of the city. appearance of a statesman rather than that of a pariah.
Tourists In midst of an ongoing and bloody war, Putin reportedly told his Chinese counterpart: “Our cooperation in world affairs is one of the main stabilising
flock there for the annual Ice and Snow Festival and some dress up in factors on the international stage. Together we defend the principles of
fairytale-like costumes and pose in front of the cathedral. fairness and the democratic world order.”
The city of Harbin itself conducts a lot of trade with Russia and some of the ten China’s
million people living there choose to learn Russian. Putin will surely feel at leader responded that they together “uphold justice in the world”.
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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