MOSCOW/BEIJING ¨C Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed on Tuesday how to build ties with U.S. President Donald Trump, prospects for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine and Moscow¡¯s firm support for Beijing¡¯s position on Taiwan.
Xi and Putin, who spoke for an hour and 35 minutes by video call after Trump was sworn in as U.S. president on Monday, proposed a further deepening of the strategic partnership between their countries that worries the West.
China and Russia declared a ¡°no limits¡± partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing, days before he sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Putin has in recent months described China as an ¡°ally.¡±
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