Putin mentioned he had “excessive expectations” of his talks with the Chinese language chief. (File)

Moscow:

President Vladimir Putin on Sunday welcomed China’s willingness to play a “constructive position” in ending the battle in Ukraine, saying Sino-Russian relations have been “on the highest level”.

His Chinese language counterpart Xi Jinping heads to Russia on Monday hoping to ship a breakthrough on Ukraine as Beijing seeks to place itself as a peacemaker.

The standard of ties between Moscow and Beijing is “larger than the political and navy unions of the Chilly Battle period”, Putin mentioned in an article written for a Chinese language newspaper and printed by the Kremlin on the eve of Xi’s go to.

Putin mentioned he had “excessive expectations” of his talks with the Chinese language chief.

“We now have little question that they’ll give a brand new highly effective impetus to the entire bilateral cooperation,” he added.

Putin hailed “China’s willingness to play a constructive position in resolving” the year-long battle in Ukraine.

He mentioned he was grateful to Beijing for its “balanced” stance on occasions in Ukraine and its understanding of the battle’s backstory and the “actual causes” behind it.

“Russia is open to a settlement of the Ukrainian disaster by political-diplomatic means,” Putin assured within the article.

Nonetheless, he insisted on Kyiv’s recognition of “new geopolitical realities”, specifically Russia’s annexation final yr of 4 Ukrainian areas, in addition to Crimea again in 2014.

“Sadly, ultimatums to Russia present that (their authors) are removed from these realities and have no real interest in in search of an answer,” he added.

Asserting the journey Friday, Chinese language international ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin mentioned Beijing would “play a constructive position in selling peace talks”.

Freshly reappointed for a 3rd time period in energy, Xi is pushing a better position for China on the worldwide stage, and was essential in mediating a shock rapprochement between Center Japanese rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia this month.

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