Fri Feb 25, 2022 – 2:25 pm ESTFri Feb 25, 2022 – 2:26 pm EST
BEIJING (LifeSiteNews) — Chinese President Xi Jinping “supports the Russian side” as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bombing and invasion of Ukraine continues, according to a phone conversation between the two authoritarian leaders Friday.
Reuters reports that Putin told Xi his offensive against Ukraine was meant to prevent a “genocide,” a claim the Chinese government appears willing to endorse. At the same time, Putin claimed he was willing to begin negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian diplomats in Minsk, Belarus.
The Chinese state-sponsored newspaper People’s Daily reported Friday that Xi “said China supports the Russian side in solving the issue through negotiation with the Ukrainian side.”
#BREAKING: Chinese President Xi Jinping had a phone talk with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Xi said China supports the Russian side in solving the issue through negotiation with the Ukrainian side. pic.twitter.com/vH1EdT0sLN
— People’s Daily, China (@PDChina) February 25, 2022
Fox News offers more details on the conversation, including that the Chinese foreign ministry relayed Putin’s assertion that “the United States and NATO have long turned a blind eye to Russia’s legitimate security concerns,” and
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