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BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed his close friendship with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as he hosted the Russian leader for talks that celebrated their nations’ deepening political and economic ties.
Xi noted that he had met with Putin “42 times in the past 10 years and developed a good working relationship and a deep friendship”. Despite international attention focused on the Israel-Gaza conflict, neither Xi nor Putin made public comments on the war that has raged for more than 10 days. Putin is on a mission to strengthen the already strong bond with his communist neighbor, though experts say Moscow is increasingly the junior partner in the relationship.
In an apparent reference to China’s rivalry with the United States, Xi said Beijing would not engage in “ideological confrontation, geopolitical games or bloc confrontation”.“Viewing the development of others as a threat and economic interdependence as a risk will not make one’s own life any better or one’s own development any faster,” he said.
“China is willing to deepen cooperation with Belt and Road partners… and work unremittingly to realise the modernization of every country in the world.”“Given the global dimensions of the initiative the Chinese leader launched a decade ago, frankly, one could hardly expect to make it work,” Putin said in his address to delegates.
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