Putin: Russia and China Back a ‘Multipolar’ World, Not One Based On ‘Rules That Someone Has Invented’ Russia and China stand for the building of a fair, multipolar world order based on international law, “not on some rules that someone has invented and is attempting to impose on others,” President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday.
Attempts to create a unipolar world, he told President Xi Jinping, “have taken an absolutely ugly form lately,” something that the overwhelming majority of nations of the planet find unacceptable.
Putin’s remarks came during a meeting with the Chinese leader on the sidelines of a summit of the expanding Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, their second face-to-face encounter this year.
According to the Kremlin, Putin expressed appreciation for China’s “balanced position in connection with the Ukraine crisis,” while acknowledging that China has some “questions and concerns” and saying he would again explain Russia’s position during their meeting
He also backed Beijing’s position on Taiwan, saying that Russia “condemn
provocations staged by the United States and its satellites in the Strait of Taiwan” – an apparent reference to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island over the summer, among other things.
According to China’s foreign ministry, Xi thanked Putin for “Russia’s adherence to the one-China principle, stressing that Taiwan is part of China.”
The foreign ministry readout did not mention Ukraine directly, but said Xi had “emphasized that China will work with Russia to extend strong mutual support on issues concerning each other’s core interests.”
(In Chinese official discourse, the term “core interests” is used to describe non-negotiable issues relating to sovereignty, territorial integrity and security, such as China’s positions on Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, and its territorial claims in the South China Sea.)
Putin’s comments about “rules” were a clear riposte to the U.S. and its allies, which consistently stress the importance – generally in relation to China and Russia – of nations upholding the “rules-based international order” that has governed inter-state relations since World War II......................
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