Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping closed ranks against the U.S. and its allies on key security issues as they declared that there¡¯s no limit and ¡°no forbidden zones¡± in the friendship between Russia and China.
At their first in-person meeting in more than two years Friday, Putin and Xi said in a joint statement that China ¡°treats with understanding and supports¡± Russia¡¯s demand for binding security guarantees from the U.S. and NATO in the standoff over Ukraine, and backs Moscow in opposing expansion of the Western military alliance.
Russia endorsed China¡¯s policy on Taiwan, saying it opposed Taiwanese independence ¡°in any form.¡± The two powers also said they were ¡°seriously concerned¡± about the AUKUS security partnership formed by the U.S., Australia and the U.K., warning of the risk of an arms race in the Asia-Pacific region.
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