For his first visit after taking office, Russian President Vladimir Putin chose China. He and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping signed a joint statement on deepening relations and strategic partnership. The Russian leader stated that the document sets new ambitious tasks and long-term goals for the development of the entire complex of Russian-Chinese relations. In the studio of “Offensive with Lyubo Ognyanov” the vice president of the Atlantic Club and former ambassador of Bulgaria to the USA Elena Poptodorova commented on the topic.
This meeting is the 43rd between the two presidents, the diplomat emphasized. According to her, the strategy of leaders meeting as often as possible is quite purposeful. “We must be shown here that authoritarianism is a much better form than what we have and want to develop in the democratic world,”, Poptodorova believes. According to our former ambassador to the USA, China does not want to completely sever its ties with Europe.
Beijing believes that the West is to blame for the war in Ukraine, claims Elena Poptodorova. This appeared in the 12-point plan for a peace conference drawn up by China. “No specifics were sought in them. The goal is to give diplomatic support to Russia, noted the vice-president of the Atlantic Club.
Poptodorova stressed that the attempt to kill Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is unacceptable.