President Vladimir Putin has signalled approval of China\u2019s plan as a \u201cgenuine desire\u201d to end the war in Ukraine as he travels to Beijing to shore up support from his vital international partner. In an interview with China\u2019s Xinhua state news agency published on Wednesday ahead of a two-day visit to the country to meet President Xi Jinping, Putin praised Beijing\u2019s approach, saying that it truly understood the conflict\u2019s \u201croot causes\u201d and its \u201cglobal geopolitical meaning\u201d. China\u2019s 12-point paper for ending the war received a lukewarm reception when it was made public last year. However, Putin hailed additional measures made public last month as \u201crealistic and constructive steps\u201d that \u201cdevelop the idea of the necessity to overcome the Cold War mentality\u201d. Xi\u2019s additional principles, set down in talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, call for a \u201ccooling down\u201d of the situation, conditions for restoring peace and creating stability and minimising the effects on the world economy. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak on Wednesday dismissed Putin\u2019s comments on possible negotiations over the war as \u201chypocritical\u201d. Putin is scheduled to arrive in Beijing on Thursday, his first trip abroad since his March re-election and his second in just over six months to China. He will also travel to the northeastern city of Harbin for a trade and investment exposition. Russia and China proclaimed a \u201cno limits\u201d relationship just days before Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but Beijing has so far avoided providing actual weapons and ammunition for Russia\u2019s war effort. With the West having imposed unprecedented sanctions over its military offensive, Russia has looked to China as a crucial economic lifeline. The two countries have since boosted trade to record highs. China has benefitted from cheap Russian energy imports and access to vast natural resources, including steady gas shipments via the Power of Siberia pipeline. But China, already engaged in a trade war with the United States, is wary of its economic partnership and military cooperation with Russia coming under further scrutiny from the West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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