President Donald Trump said on Saturday that NATO member countries must impose heavy tariffs on China as a group, as much as 50-100% to break its economic grip over Russia, adding that it shall be withdrawn only after the war between Russia and Ukraine is ended. In a letter posted on his Truth Social account,…
In what could be the first glimpse of a rapidly developing but loose anti-America and Western military bloc, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un would share the stage with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the 80th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II in Beijing. Leaders from 24 other Asian,…
China and Russia should jointly safeguard their security and development interests, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the visiting Russian parliament speaker on Tuesday, in their efforts to build a more “equitable” international order. The two sides should continue their traditional friendship and deepen strategic mutual trust, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Xi as saying. U.S….
Russian President Vladimir Putin met top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in Moscow on Tuesday, telling him that he was “looking forward” to welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping in May. A “rich and well-prepared” programme awaited Xi during his visit on the occasion of Russia’s “Victory Day”, Putin said. “It is going to be an official…
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun on Friday announced Wang’s three-day trip starting from Monday. It comes as US President Donald Trump is seeking to broker a ceasefire on Ukraine and ease bilateral tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Guo said Wang would meet Russian leaders during the visit and hold talks with his counterpart,…
There has been a sudden thaw in relations between Russia and the United States with the return to office of President Donald Trump. The US leader has spoken to his counterpart Vladimir Putin by telephone, sent his Secretary of State to Saudi Arabia for the first high-level talks between the powers since Russia invaded Ukraine,…
US attempts to sow discord between China and Russia were “doomed to fail”, Beijing said on Thursday, after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to outline Washington’s strategy to dilute ties between the two nuclear-powered neighbours. Speaking to conservative US outlet Breitbart News on Tuesday, Rubio said a Russia that was a “permanent junior…
China will continue to work to create “favourable conditions for a political solution” to the Ukraine crisis, President Xi Jinping said while vowing to strengthen “strategic synergy” with Russia, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Meeting former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in Beijing on Thursday, Xi repeated Beijing’s position on the Ukraine war, saying China “repeatedly…