Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to strengthen military cooperation between the two countries, he said in a video conference with Xi Jinping. He says that Russians expect Jinping’s visit to Russia in the spring season, and want to deepen ties between Moscow and Beijing as the stabilizing factor.
The country currently faces severe sanctions on exports and imports, as the current price cap on oil imports was accepted by a group of nations including G7 members, Australia and the EU, which becomes a hurdle for its economic growth as oil sales are a part of countries GDP.
China, as a communist country, supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the dragon has improved ties with Moscow during the reign of Xi Jinping and acts as a crucial economic partner.
Strategic Cooperation between Putin and China:
Both countries are involved in the exchange of security cooperation with improved bilateral ties and by doing joint naval and military exercises to maintain stability and peace in the south china sea and Asia-Pacific regions.
On September 19, Joe Biden stated in an interview that there is no significant sign of the Chinese arms supply to Russia after the waging of war with Ukraine, but warning about Jinping’s close ties with Putin and on improving military cooperation between the two powers, which is in violation of sanctions.
From 21-27 Dec, Bejing and Moscow’s navies conducted joint naval exercises as a part of annual drills held since 2012. The Joint exercise set another example of cooperation between Chinese and Russian navies, stated Major general Wang Yu of the Chinese Navy.
Right after the completion of Naval drills, Putin called Xi Jinping for a state visit in Spring, aimed to improve cooperation between the armed forces, strengthening their statement on “no-limit to Sino-Russian cooperation”. sources say.
