Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan on September 16, 2022. US, British and EU officials responded cautiously to the announcement that Xi would visit Moscow next week. Photo: Sputnik via AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan on September 16, 2022. US, British and EU officials responded cautiously to the announcement that Xi would visit Moscow next week. Photo: Sputnik via AP
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China /  Diplomacy

US and other Western nations wary of Xi’s trip to Moscow

  • The Chinese might promote a ceasefire in Ukraine and ‘try to couch themselves as peacemakers’, a White House official says
  • Britain says it will continue to press Beijing to call ‘on Putin to withdraw his troops’

Orange WangFinbarr Bermingham
Orange Wang in Washingtonand Finbarr Bermingham in Brussels

Updated: 11:11am, 18 Mar, 2023

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan on September 16, 2022. US, British and EU officials responded cautiously to the announcement that Xi would visit Moscow next week. Photo: Sputnik via AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan on September 16, 2022. US, British and EU officials responded cautiously to the announcement that Xi would visit Moscow next week. Photo: Sputnik via AP
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