Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the Kremlin on Monday, sending a powerful message to Western leaders that their efforts to isolate Moscow over the fighting in Ukraine have fallen short.
Xi's trip - his first abroad since his re-election earlier this month - showed off Beijing's new diplomatic swagger and gave a political lift to Putin just days after an international arrest warrant was issued for the Kremlin leader on war crimes charges related to Ukraine.
The two major powers have described Xi's three-day trip as an opportunity to deepen their ''no-limits friendship.'' China looks to Russia as a source of oil and gas for its energy-hungry economy, and as a partner in standing up to what both see as U.S. aggression, domination of global affairs and unfair punishment for their human rights records.
https://www.startribune.com/putin-welcomes-chinas-xi-to-kremlin-amid-ukraine-fighting/600260300/
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