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Putin meets China’s Premier Li as Moscow and Beijing deepen their relations
The Hindu
Russian President Putin meets with Chinese Premier Li, highlighting growing trade relations amid geopolitical tensions and economic support.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday (August 21, 2024), hailing growing trade relations as Moscow becomes increasingly dependent on Beijing for political and economic support.
“Our trade relations are developing, developing successfully ... The attention that the governments of the two countries on both sides are paying to trade and economic ties is yielding results,” Mr. Putin said at the meeting in the Kremlin.
He also said that Russia and China have developed “large-scale plans” for economic and other projects.
“Chinese-Russian relations are at an unprecedentedly high level," said Mr. Li, who earlier had met with his Russian counterpart, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
The meeting took place as Russia struggled to push back a Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk region now in its third week. And overnight, Moscow experienced one of the largest waves of drone attacks on the Russian capital since the start of the Ukraine conflict.
Russian news reports did not indicate whether Mr. Putin and Mr. Li discussed Ukraine.
China has tried to position itself as neutral in the Ukraine conflict, but it shares with Russia high animosity toward the West.