BEIJING: Beijing and Moscow hit out on Thursday (Oct 22) at “harmful exterior interference” in Eurasia, in a joint assertion throughout a go to to Russia by Premier Li Qiang the place he met President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
“The 2 sides identified that harmful exterior interference is the first issue presently undermining stability throughout the Eurasian continent,” the joint assertion revealed by Xinhua stated.
“The 2 sides firmly condemn any acts of exterior coercion involving using pressure that are aimed toward disrupting the method of Eurasian solidarity,” it added.
“Each side will all the time firmly assist one another on points involving each other’s core pursuits and main issues,” the assertion additionally stated.
“China helps Russia in safeguarding its safety, stability, nationwide unity, growth and prosperity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, and opposes exterior forces’ interference in Russia’s inside affairs.”
The textual content made no reference to a mooted upcoming meeting between Putin and his Chinese language and US counterparts Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.
“A attainable first-ever assembly of the leaders of China, Russia and the US … is being ready,” Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov advised reporters on Wednesday, including that the goal was to incorporate the assembly within the programme of the Asia-Pacific summit in Shenzhen, China subsequent month.
