The leadership of China’s ruling Communist Party has expressly thrown their support behind Russia’s desires to reshape the global order and Moscow’s ongoing military intervention in Ukraine.
CCP Politburo member Yang Jiechi, said, according to a statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday:
“The Chinese side is willing to work with the Russian side to continuously implement high-level strategic cooperation between the two countries, safeguard common interests, and promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction,”
“The relationship between the two countries has always been on the right track, and both sides firmly support each other on issues relating to their core interests.”
The Chinese also reiterated its support for the Kremlin’s special military operation in Eastern Ukraine with the CCP’s third-in-command, Li Zhanshu, explicitly approving intervention in Ukraine and assuring Russia it would receive Chinese support.
“China understands and supports Russia on issues that represent its vital interests, in particular on the situation in Ukraine,” Li said, according to Russia’s State Duma the Epoch Times reported.
Since Russia launched its military intervention in Ukraine, China has helped the country avoid the worst of Western sanctions by massively increasing its importation of Russian energy and other exports.
Later this week Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet during a regional security summit in Uzbekistan.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov announced the meeting at a Sep. 13 briefing in Moscow, saying that the two leaders would discuss issues of geostrategic significance, including Taiwan and Ukraine.
Ushakov added that the meeting would hold “special significance” for the two leaders.
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