MOSCOW, May 21. /TASS/. Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China issue a joint statement following talks in Beijing, and the UN is getting weary of the Ukraine agenda. Meanwhile, US leader Donald Trump is facing a GOP rebellion. These stories topped Thursday's headlines in Russia.
Vedomosti: Putin, Xi address situations in Middle East, Ukraine in joint statement
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up his official two-day visit to China. He and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, issued a joint statement on strengthening comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation and the Joint Declaration on the Emergence of a Multipolar World and a New Type of International Relations. In the statement, the two leaders condemned provocative actions of some nuclear powers against others, called for removing the root causes of the Ukraine crisis, and expressed the position of China and Russia that the US and Israeli strikes on Iran undermine stability in the Middle East.
The goal of Putin’s visit to Beijing was mostly to synchronize watches and align positions on international issues: the two leaders do so every year as they meet, Anna Kireyeva, senior researcher at the Center for Advanced American Studies at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), told Vedomosti.
