Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia next year as the neighbours seek to put up a “double resistance” to pressure from the US-led West, the Russian ambassador to China has said.
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Russia had pledged to further work together with China on economic and security issues to counter the “double containment” campaign from the West, Russian state news agency RIA quoted ambassador Igor Morgulov as saying on Friday.
“In the international arena, our countries will have to continue to respond with ‘double resistance’ to the ‘double containment’ that the West is trying to implement against Russia and China,” Morgulov said.
China shared Russia’s concerns over the Ukraine issue and faced “largely similar challenges”, he added, saying “the United States and its allies in the Asia-Pacific region are systematically increasing military pressure on China”.
Ties between China and Russia have become closer since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 amid their respective tensions with the US and its Western allies, which have sanctioned Moscow for its military aggression and criticised Beijing for not condemning it while accusing it of aiding the Russian war machine. China denies the allegations.
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Xi and Putin vow stronger China-Russia cooperation to counter Western-led world order
Xi and Putin vow stronger China-Russia cooperation to counter Western-led world order
Tighter Beijing-Moscow ties since 2022 have included closer military cooperation, a surge in bilateral trade, and more high-level engagement.