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| Russian delegate led by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin attending a meeting in China Image Credit: Google |
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin is on two-days visit of People’s Republic China. His visit comes after Moscow and Beijing reacted with anger on the G-7 declaration signaling ouster of the two countries on the range of issues including Ukraine.
Mishustin received
a warm welcome where he told the Prime Minister of China Li Qiang that today,
relations between Russia and China are at “Unprecedented High Level” because of
the “sensational pressure” from the West.
Mishustin
also met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It is the first high profile visit
from Moscow to Beijing after the war began in Ukraine.
Russian
Premier opined that the relations between the two countries are characterized
by mutual respect, valuing each other’s interest, desire to jointly respond to
challenges including increased turbulence in international arenas and sensational
pressure from the west.
In
response, Chinese Prime Minister hailed the remarks and pledged for “Comprehensive
Strategic Cooperative Partnership between China and Russia in the new era”.
Agreements:
The two
countries it their official meeting signed a set of agreements regarding trade
and sports cooperation as well as patent and Russian millet export to China.
Trade
Volume:
According
to Chinese custom data, the trade between China and Russia a record $190
billions last year.
The
Chinese Premier in his speech further added that the trade volume has already
reached $70 billion so far with the 40 percent increase on yearly basis.
He remarked
that the scale of trade investment is also continuously increasing with the “Strategic
Large-Scale projects are steadily advancing”.
China being
the Russia’s Top Client:
China has become
Russia’s top energy customer otherwise Russian gas exports might have witnessed
a downfall due to sanctions put by the West.
Russian
state media has reported that Moscow’s energy supplies would increase by 40
percent by this year of 2023.
China’s
Claim of Neutrality in Ukraine War:
According
to some analysts, China has upper hand on Russia, and the ties are increasing as
the world turns its eyes on Moscow in the wake of Ukraine’s Crisis.
China claims
that it is neutral party in context of the Ukraine’s War and wants to help
broker a deal to end the conflict.
The Chinese
premier has refuted the Western criticism by saying that the ties between Beijing-Moscow
ties do not violate international norms.
The Chinese
special envoy for Eurasian affairs Li Hui met with Ukrainian President and
other high official earlier this month for peace talks. His visit followed a
phone call between Zelensky and Xi that was described by Ukraine as “long and meaningful”
call.
China also
tried to broker talks back in February but refuted by Ukraine demanding withdrawal
of Russian forces and implementation of Kyiv sponsored 10-points peace plan.
(Courtesy:
Al-Jazeera)
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