The continuation of China’s strategic relations with Russia despite the stonewalling of the West

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the President of China in his message of congratulations to his Russian counterpart on the occasion of the New Year mentioned the development and deepening of relations between Beijing and Moscow despite the stonewalling of the West. .

According to the news agency “XinhuaChinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday in his New Year’s message to Russian President Vladimir Putin: “The development of China-Russia relations in the past 45 years has shown that the continuous development and consolidation of bilateral relations with It is to serve the basic interests of the two countries.”

U.S. and its allies put a lot of pressure on China to reduce relations with Russia and isolate it under the pretext of the Ukraine war. The country has been criticized for not joining the campaign of unprecedented Western sanctions against Russia. In this connection, not long ago, the German Foreign Minister claimed that the announcement of China’s neutrality towards the war in Ukraine means support for Russia. He pointed to the continuation of strong bilateral relations between Beijing and Moscow.

Despite the sanctions against Russia, Chinese customs data show that trade between China and Russia in the first 11 months of this year It has grown steadily and reached 218 billion dollars.

This figure has increased by 26.7% compared to the previous year and for the first time it exceeded 200 billion dollars. passed.

Chinese officials have repeatedly emphasized the continuation of their good relations with Russia and called for dialogue and a political solution to end the war in Ukraine, and Beijing proposed 12 Bandi presented in this regard, but the United States and its allies opposed this proposal and have provided all-round arms, intelligence and economic support to Ukraine to continue the war with Russia.

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