Russia and China are calling for less Western intervention

the presidents of Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putinda china, Xi Jinping, participated in a video conference on Thursday (15) and agreed that the two countries should maintain their position of rejecting Western interference and defending each other’s security interests.

In their conversation, eight days after Putin spoke with United States President Joe BidenSimilarly, he highlighted how common hostility to the West is bringing Moscow and Beijing closer together.

“Currently, certain international forces under the guise of ‘democracy’ and ‘human rights’ are interfering in the internal affairs of China and Russia and brutally trampling on international law and recognized norms of international relations, according to China’s state agency Xinhua, citing Eleventh Jinping.

China and Russia should increase their joint efforts to more effectively protect the security interests of both sides.

Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters that Jinping had offered her support for Putin in his attempt to secure mandatory security guarantees for Western Russia, saying he understood Moscow’s concerns. He said the couple also expressed their “negative view” on the creation of new military alliances, such as the AUKUS Partnership between Australia, Britain and the United States and the Indo-Pacific “Quadruple” of Australia, India, Japan and the United States.

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The appeal highlighted the ways in which Russia and China are supporting each other at a time of rising tension in their relations with the West. China is under pressure on human rights issues it is in Russia accused of threatening behavior towards Ukraine.

The Kremlin said Putin briefed Jinping on his talks with Biden, in which the US president warned Russia against an invasion of Ukraine – which Moscow denies he was planning – and Putin put forward his demand for security pledges. “A new model of cooperation has been formed between our two countries, based, among other things, on principles such as non-interference in internal affairs and respect for common interests,” Putin told the Chinese leader.

He said he hoped to find Jinping in Winter Olympics in Beijing, in February – an event The White House said last week that US government officials would boycott Because of China’s human rights “atrocities” against Muslims in western Xinjiang.

“I would like to note that we steadfastly support each other on issues of international sports cooperation, including rejecting any attempt to politicize sports and the Olympic movement,” said the Russian president.

Putin has used Russia’s partnership with China as a way to balance American influence while striking lucrative deals, especially in the energy field. Hu and Jinping agreed this year to extend a 20-year treaty of friendship and cooperation.

The Russian leader said bilateral trade grew 31 percent in the first 11 months of this year, to reach $123 billion, and the two countries aim to cross $200 billion in the near future.

He also said that China has become an international center for the production of the Russian Sputnik and Sputnik Light vaccines against Covid-19, with contracts signed with six factories to produce more than 150 million doses.