Russian's Vladimir Putin raised his glass with North Korea's Kim Jong Un before flying to China to shore up relations with another Pacific neighbor as U.S. ties flounder.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shared a toast with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un and set out to bolster already-flourishing ties with his Chinese counterpart this week as relations with the U.S. deteriorated to levels not seen since the Cold War.
"The most important thing, as we have discussed today during the talks, is to restore the rule of international law and revert to the position where global developments were regulated by international law instead of the rule of force," he added. "If this happens, this would be the first and critical step toward resolving challenging situations such as the one on the Korean Peninsula.
Prior to his arrival in the Chinese capital on Thursday, Putin conducted an interview with official ruling Chinese Communist Party newspaper The People's Daily in which he noted an unprecedented warmness between the two countries that established relations 70 years ago. The Russian leader said"it would be no exaggeration to say that our countries have approached with the best relations they have had in their entire history.
The pair's growing ties go beyond defense, however, and Chinese President Xi Jinping has sought to capitalize on his country's increased global influence by expanding its economic footprint abroad, a move that also unsettled the U.S. Putin made his Thursday trip to China to attend a conference involving up to 37 countries seeking up to $1 trillion of Chinese investment as part of Xi's Belt and Road Initiative.
Geng also commented on Putin's meeting with Kim, saying China was "pleased to see stronger high-level exchange and deeper bilateral cooperation between them, which we believe is conducive to the further development of their bilateral relationship and regional peace and stability."
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