‘My Dear Friend!’: Putin, Xi Hold Virtual Anti-America HatefestFrances Martel 15 Dec 2021
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin engaged in what both sides depicted as a warm, enthusiastic “virtual meeting” between two friends on Wednesday, prioritizing discussion of containing nefarious “third parties” who wish to harm their relationship.
Both the Chinese and Russian descriptions of the video call indicate that America was very much at the forefront of a discussion that reportedly included trade, cooperation at venues like the United Nations, bilateral support for their respective authoritarian systems, and assuming their “responsibilities as major countries.” Neither the Chinese Foreign Ministry nor Kremlin readouts of the call as published on Wednesday morning Eastern Time mentioned the United States, but Beijing in particular appeared preoccupied with the looming influence of Washington on both regimes’ agendas.
“Xi pointed out that certain forces in the world are trying to meddle in the internal affairs of China and Russia under the pretext of ‘democracy’ and ‘human rights’ and grossly trample on international law and universally recognized norms governing international relations,” according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. “China and Russia need to launch more joint actions to uphold the security interests of the two sides more effectively.”
“China and Russia need to step up coordination and collaboration in international affairs, be more vocal on global governance, come up with feasible solutions to the pandemic, climate change and other global issues,” the Ministry statement continued, “and firmly uphold international fairness and justice in the process of resolving international and regional hotspots.”
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