Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will hold a virtual summit this week to discuss bilateral relations and international issues, amid tensions between Moscow and the West over the massing of tens of thousands of Russian troops near its border with Ukraine.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin mentioned no specific topics and said details would be released after Wednesday바카라s video meeting.
바카라The two heads of state will give full review of China-Russia relations and cooperation in various fields this year,바카라 Wang said at a daily briefing on Monday.
Wang added the leaders will also 바카라make top-level designs for the development of bilateral relations next year.바카라
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Putin during a call last week that Russia would face painful sanctions that will do resounding economic harm if it again invaded Ukraine.
Putin responded that 바카라Russian troops are on their own territory, and they don바카라t threaten anyone,바카라 according to his foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov.
In recent years, China and Russia have increasingly aligned their foreign policies to counter U.S. domination of the international economic and political order.
Both have faced sanctions over their internal policies, China over abuses against minorities, especially Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, and for its crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Beijing and Washington also remain at odds over trade, technology and China바카라s military intimidation of Taiwan, which it claims as its own territory.
Wang said the bilateral meeting of the U.S. rivals was expected to 바카라further enhance the high-level mutual trust between the two sides.바카라
Putin has sought guarantees that an expansion of the NATO military alliance would never include Ukraine, a demand rejected by the U.S. and its NATO allies.
