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Stephen McDonell Here's a look at some more scenes from today's meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing - the Russian leader's first international visit since the start of his fifth presidential term.
Reporting from Beijing There was a grand welcoming ceremony as well as a joint news briefing.
The Biden Putin is due to meet with Xi later tonight in an informal meeting before travelling onward to Harbin in north-east China tomorrow.
administration has accused the Chinese government of supplying significant,
direct, and material assistance for Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Now this
trip to China is also providing moral support for an increasingly isolated
Russian leader who can’t travel to many countries for risk of being arrested
and sent to the International Criminal Court.
While
here, Putin can present himself to his own people as having the
appearance of a statesman rather than that of a pariah.
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
factors on the international stage. Together we defend the principles of
fairness and the democratic world order.”
China’s
leader responded that they together “uphold justice in the world”.
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