Xi Tells Putin China-Russia Ties Should Last 'Generations'

Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for talks with President Xi. As you can see, they rolled out the red carpet in quite some fashion. Russian forces, of course, pressing ahead. Meanwhile, with a new offensive in Ukraine, China's leader welcomed his Russian counterpart as it began a two day state visit. Let's bring in Bloomberg's Rebecca Wilkins for the implications, the importance of this. Rebecca, what do we know about the visit so far? How important is this for Putin? Gratifyingly warm welcome for President Vladimir Putin into the great Hall of the people for those talks with Xi Jinping so directly with Xi, but also so inclusive of small groups as well, according to state media. Now, Xi Jinping has come out with sort of quite a full throated support for Putin, reaffirming and saying that, you know, he's China is ready to work with Russia as a good neighbor, friend and partner, and again, stressing that they think they can consolidate their friendship for generations to come. So very much sort of affirming the no limits nature of the friendship that came. You know, that announcement came just weeks before Putin invaded Russia. But, I mean, I think there's still this sort of somewhat unspoken tension. There are certain strains going on behind the scenes, not least these continued threats of US reprisals for what they perceive to be a Chinese support of Russia's war industrial machine.

Channel: Bloomberg Television

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Keywords: China, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, Politics, Putin, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, War, Xi Jinping, bilateral talks, international relations, russia, russia war, xi

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Length: 1min 21sec (81 seconds)

Published: Thu May 16 2024