Earlier this year there was one A huge table made the headlinesAnd now a new establishment is starting to make a fuss, after Thursday’s summit between Putin and China’s Xi Jinping.
In the Uzbek city of Samarkand, the two presidents met face to face for the first time since Putin invaded Ukraine in February. The trip to Uzbekistan is also Xi’s first trip abroad since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
Condemns “American provocation”
– Ark?
The topic of Taiwan and Ukraine was discussed at a good distance from each other. But what was placed between them caught the attention of some as well.
What appears to be a kind of flower box can also remind us of something completely different.
– Between Xi and Putin … a coffin? asks American political scientist and head of the Eurasia think-tank Ian Bremer Twitter.
Attention: When Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Moscow in February, the distance was very far. Photo: Sputnik / AFP / NTB
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Kenneth Roth, the former president of Human Rights Watch, also comments on the photo session.
It seems that Putin and Xi Jinping met around a coffin, whether by chance or as a joke. Death signals what? Their hopes of convincing anyone that an autocratic system of government serves the citizens of any country better than an authoritative government? He asks himself on Twitter.
The world has taken on an ugly shape
During Thursday’s summit, the Russian president praised what he called China’s balanced approach to Ukraine. He also criticized what he believed to be the United States’ attempt to create a unipolar world, NTB wrote.
– Putin said that attempts to create a unipolar world have recently taken a really ugly shape and are completely unacceptable.
He also said that Russia supports China in its conflict with Taiwan, and that Russia condemns the United States and its provocations in the conflict.
– Putin said that cooperation between Moscow and Beijing plays a major role in ensuring global and regional stability.
Vladimir Putin believes that the meeting with China will strengthen the relations between the two countries.
White House spokesman John Kirby told CNN that it was not yet clear to what extent China would support Russia.
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