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China willing to make efforts with Russia to assume the role of great powers, Xi tells Putin

By IANS | Updated: September 15, 2022 23:35 IST

Samarkand, Sep 15 Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to work with Moscow to take on the responsibilities of ...

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Samarkand, Sep 15 Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to work with Moscow to take on the responsibilities of "great powers", he told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, RT reported.

"China is willing to make efforts with Russia to assume the role of great powers, and play a guiding role to inject stability and positive energy into a world rocked by social turmoil," Xi told the Russian President during a leaders' summit at the SCO.

Putin likewise praised the "multifaceted ties" the two countries have forged, in particular their trade relationship. Highlighting the exchange of $140 billion in trade with Beijing last year, he noted that the volume had increased 25 per cent in the first half of 2022 and said he hoped the figure could reach $200 billion by the end of the year.

The Russian leader affirmed Moscow's support for Beijing's 'One China' policy and condemned "the attempts at provocations by the United States in and around Taiwan. Overall I have to say that attempts at creating a unipolar world have been quite ugly and unacceptable as of late for the majority of the nations on this planet".

Putin thanked China for its cooperation on the foreign policy stage. "We highly value the balanced approach of our Chinese friends when it comes to the Ukrainian crisis," he said.

Acknowledging the Chinese may have questions and concerns about the future of the conflict, he pledged to explain everything in detail again, RT reported.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has been meeting for over two decades and brings together nearly half the planet's population, encompassing eight states that cover over half the world's territory.

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