During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow in March 2023, he gave Russian leader Vladimir Putin advice on the situation in Ukraine. The Financial Times writes about this, citing Russian and Chinese officials.
According to media reports, Xi allegedly “personally warned the Russian president against the use of nuclear weapons.” The publication, citing sources close to the Kremlin, notes that Putin allegedly “decided that the use of tactical nuclear weapons would not give Russia an advantage on the battlefield.”
After that, Chinese officials, in conversations with diplomats from other countries, began to declare that Moscow’s refusal of nuclear threats was their achievement, the newspaper notes. The media, citing an unnamed Chinese official, also writes that this has become the centerpiece of China’s campaign to restore relations with Europe.
The media claims that Jinping’s warning to Putin gave Western countries hope that China is pursuing anti-nuclear rhetoric behind closed doors.
Recall that in March this year, Jinping visited Moscow on a three-day visit. Following the talks, Putin said that “everything is transparent” in relations between Russia and China.
Source: Rosbalt
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