Xi, whose country is locked in a tariff war with the United States, is expected to sign numerous agreements to deepen the already tight “no limits” strategic partnership with Moscow, which has consistently seen China crowned Russia's biggest trading partner.
Despite recent efforts under U.S. President Donald Trump to reset U.S.-Russia ties, Putin is expected to present a united front with Xi against Washington, whose dominance and “exceptionalism” both countries have questioned, arguing for a more multipolar world instead.
“The two sides should jointly resist any attempt to disrupt and undermine China-Russia friendship and mutual trust,“ read the text of the article, Chinese state media reported.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the visit “one of the central events in Russian-Chinese relations this year” in a news briefing this week.
Both countries are aiming to show their “unbreakable bond” and demonstrate that the U.S. “reverse Nixon” approach won’t work, said Yun Sun, a China politics analyst at the Stimson Center in Washington.
Xi, who has told Putin that the two have a chance to drive “changes the world has not seen in a century”, is due to hold talks with Putin on Thursday and to join other world leaders on Moscow’s Red Square on Friday to watch a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over Nazi Germany.
Ukraine's foreign ministry on Tuesday urged countries not to participate in the May 9 parade, saying any such participation would go against some countries' declared neutrality in the war.
Yuri Ushakov, a top Kremlin aide, on Tuesday likened the event and others around it to a summit, saying it was an indicator of what he said was Russia’s growing authority in the world. “The World War Two focus is about the post-war international order and now the U.S. is dismantling or undermining it. So China and Russia will frame themselves as the defenders of the international order and the UN system, and oppose U.S. unilateralism and hegemony,“ added Sun, the analyst.
Putin and Xi will discuss the “most sensitive” issues, including energy cooperation and the proposed but yet to be built Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline to China, Ushakov, the top Kremlin aide, said.
Putin is expected to visit China at the end of August or the start of September, Ushakov added.
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