Putin and Xi call for halt to NATO expansion during show of unity

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a call for NATO to halt further expansion in a meeting during the Beijing Olympics. 9News

in China's capital, marked a further step in what has become an increasingly close partnership between Beijing and Moscow, as relations with the West deteriorate for both.troops near the border with Ukraine has fuelled fears of an imminent invasion and prompted warnings from NATO and Western powers that any Russian aggression would result in serious consequences.

Friday's summit was the first in-person meeting between Xi and Putin in more than two years, adding to its significance. MOFA described the meeting as taking place in a "warm and friendly atmosphere" and said Xi was ready to work with Putin to "transform the high-level mutual trust between the two countries into outcomes of cooperation across the board."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov similarly described the summit as "a very warm, constructive meeting of partners and allies," in a conference call with reporters. "At the same time, [it was] very substantive," he said. On Monday, China was the only member of the United Nations Security Council to vote alongside Russia to dismiss a council meeting called by the US to discuss Russia's military build-up at the Ukrainian border — a call that Russia said amounted to the US "whipping up hysteria."

 

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