'Despite its pressure, the West cannot stop this process,' Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said.
late last month. While Xi emphasized China's"objective and just" stance on Russia's war in Ukraine, a conflict Beijing has refused to condemn or support, both leaders reiterated their desire to further develop ties throughout 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 30, 2022. The Russian leader told his Chinese counterpart that he was keen to ramp up military cooperation and hailed the two countries' efforts to counter Western influence.
"The closer foreign policy coordination between Russia and China based on identical or similar approaches to key world problems has a stabilizing effect on the entire system of international relations, and serves as a catalyst in its gradual transition to a multipolar world," he added,"namely, to a more balanced and stable form of inter-state interaction."
During his virtual discussing with Putin, Xi said that China and Russia"need to continue encouraging parties of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to enhance solidarity and mutual trust, show greater mutual support on issues concerning one another's core interests, and jointly resist interference and sabotage by external forces."
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