Chinese president Xi Jinping on Thursday, May 8th said during his meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin that Beijing would stand with Moscow in the face of “hegemonic bullying.”
“In the face of the international counter-current of unilateralism and hegemonic bullying behaviour, China will work with Russia to shoulder the special responsibilities of major world powers,” Xi told Putin.
Xi also hailed “deepening” trust with Russia. “The political mutual trust between China and Russia is becoming deeper, and the ties for pragmatic cooperation are becoming stronger,” Xi, who is visiting Moscow for Russia’s May 9th celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, stated.
Putin told Xi Jinping that relations between Moscow and Beijing benefit both nations and are not in opposition to others.
“We are developing our ties for the benefit of the peoples of both countries and are not opposed to anyone,” Putin told Xi at the start of talks.
The Russian leader also declared that China and Russia “defend historical truth” about WWII.
