Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin met with China's defense minister on Sunday, underscoring Beijing's strengthening engagement with Moscow.
's defense minister on Sunday, underscoring Beijing's strengthening engagement with Moscow, with which it has largely aligned its foreign policy in an attempt to diminish the influence of the United States and other Western democracies.
Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met with Gen. Li Shangfu less than a month after Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a three-day state visit to Moscow.and blames the United States and NATO for provoking Moscow. But China’s foreign minister said last week that China wouldn't be helping Russia with weapons, as the U.S. and other Western allies have feared.
Officially, China remains neutral in the Ukraine conflict. However, Xi's trip emphasized how China is increasingly becoming the senior partner in the relationship as it provides Russia with political cover and an economic lifeline during the Ukraine conflict.
Li said that the countries' relations “outperform the military-political unions of the Cold War era. They rest on the principles of nonalignment, and are very stable.”
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