Meeting between the heads of state of China and Russia today, both countries will meet after the US does not invite
Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping will meet today (Wednesday) after US President Joe Biden did not invite him to a democratic conference. This is the second virtual meeting of this year between the two heads of state. Experts say that this meeting is a result of ideological differences between the superpowers.
China and Russia are strengthening ties
Russia and China are engaged in continuously strengthening their ties amid rising tensions between the West. However, these meetings between the two countries are focused only on trade and energy. Despite this, many countries are eyeing the growing closeness between Moscow and Beijing. Significantly, China and Russia share a similar foreign policy approach with respect to Iran, Syria and Venezuela.
What is the meaning of meeting for America?
Most of the eyes are on the White House on this meeting of Putin and Jinping. Indeed, US President Joe Biden recently warned Putin that if Russia attacked Ukraine, he would inflict severe economic damage with painful sanctions. On the other hand, America has also opposed China on human rights issues along with Uighurs. In such a situation, this meeting is going to happen during the gathering of thousands of Russian soldiers on the border of Ukraine between Moscow and Western countries.
America did not invite
A democratic virtual conference was organized for more than 100 countries on behalf of US President Joe Biden. Apart from China and Russia, many countries were not invited to this conference. In such a situation, now both the countries themselves are going to meet through a virtual conference.
