Beijing, Dec 31 to help alleviate the Ukrainian crisis, has become an object of external pressure, this prevents the deteriorating situation in the world from being adjusted, said Jia Min, a visiting researcher at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China.
«With regard to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which is in the focus of international attention, the Chinese side has repeatedly expressed its desire to promote a truce and negotiations, to create conditions for this,» Jia Ming said.
He noted that China will make every effort, but difficult external circumstances will make it very difficult to achieve a result.
«Close cooperation between China and Russia, which can help mitigate the geopolitical conflict between Russia and Ukraine, is still subject to external pressure and restrictions. This makes it difficult to cope with the deteriorating international situation,» the expert believes.
According to Jia Ming, being two major responsible powers, the parties should look for more points of contact, «make Moscow and Beijing venues for solving global crises.»
On Friday, Putin and Xi Jinping held talks via a closed video conference call. The President of China, in particular, said that China is ready to work with Russia «and all the progressive forces in the world that oppose hegemonism and power politics» to resist the policy of unilateral action, as well as protect the sovereignty and security of the two countries. He pointed out that China and Russia should continue to promote cooperation in the field of energy. Xi Jinping during the talks with Putin also said that under their leadership, the special value of cooperation between Russia and China has become even more evident, relations have become more mature.