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"No matter how chaotic the world is, the friendship between China and Russia will not be shaken."
They were the first words last night from
Wang Yi
, China's foreign minister.
His statement appears in a statement from the Chinese agency Xinhua just before the intervention of his Russian counterpart
Sergei Lavrov
: "The model of interaction between Russia and China is at its best in all history, it is free of ideological ties, it is not subject to opportunism and is not directed against anyone. "
Instead, Lavrov did later point to a rival he shares with his friend China.
"The United States wants at all costs to preserve its dominance in the global economy
and in international politics, imposing its will on everyone and everywhere," he added.
Minister Lavrov was landing in the city of Guilin, in southern China, just two days after the tense meeting in Alaska between the heads of diplomacy from Beijing and Washington.
The meeting also coincided with the sanctions against China by the European Union, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom for the repression against the Uighur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region.
Sanctions that, according to Lavrov, both Russia and China consider "unacceptable."
Both ministers called for more countries to join their "strong opposition" to the Western sanctions.
"Wang Yi and Sergey Lavrov noted that the international community believes that the United States should reflect on the damage it has caused to world peace and development in recent years, cease unilateral intimidation,
stop meddling in the internal affairs of other countries
, and stop forming small circles to seek the confrontation en bloc, "said a statement from Xinhua.
This Tuesday, the two foreign ministers continued their meeting.
According to an official statement, both have discussed the Iranian nuclear agreement, the Afghan peace process, the situation in Burma after the military coup and climate change.
But one of the purposes of the talks has been to create a common front against the United States.
For this, the first movement is the request that both countries have made for
an urgent summit to
be held
between the permanent members of the UN Security Council.
"At a time of increasing global political turbulence, this summit is particularly necessary to establish a direct dialogue on ways to solve the common problems of humanity in the interest of maintaining global stability," reads the joint statement.
The name of the United States appears in another note from the Russian agency TASS, which quotes Lavrov as saying that
"the United States is acting destructively."
A few words that come a week after US President
Joe Biden
called his Russian counterpart
Vladimir Putin a
"murderer"
.
The Russian agency also noted that Lavrov accused Brussels of "destroying" ties between Russia and the European Union and that Moscow now only has relations "with individual EU nations."
Also on Tuesday,
Hua Chunying
, China's foreign spokesman, praised the good bilateral relations between Beijing and Moscow.
"Shoulder to shoulder in close cooperation and
staunch opposition to hegemony and intimidation,
both countries have been a pillar of world peace and stability," Hua said.
Alliances against China's advance
After the meeting, the Russian minister headed to South Korea, where his counterpart
Chung Eui-yong
awaits him
to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Last week, it was US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and National Security Advisor
Jake Sullivan
who were in South Korea - and Japan - to strengthen their alliances against China's advance in the region.
Minister Wang Yi is not going to stay in the Asian giant either, who is going to start a trip through Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain.
In Beijing, the day has been full, as Chinese President
Xi Jinping
has exchanged messages with his other North Korean neighbor,
Kim Jong-un
.
North Korean agency KCNA says its leader has asked Beijing for greater "unity and cooperation" with China in the face of
challenges posed by "hostile forces."
If there were few movements and darts from one side to another that there have been in these days, this morning from Australia and New Zealand they have joined the support of the Western sanctions against China for the violations of the human rights of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.
"The abuses include restrictions on freedom of religion, mass surveillance, extrajudicial mass arrests, as well as forced labor and forced birth controls, including sterilizations," says a note signed by Australian Foreign Minister
Marise Payne
and New Zealand. ,
Nanaia Mahuta.
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