Xi Jinping to meet Vladimir Putin next week, here's what could happen between China and Russia and why the Chinese leader plans to talk to the Ukrainian president

Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to travel to Moscow early next week for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported by Reuters which claims to have received the news from unspecified sources of diplomatic rank and underlines that Xi's move would take place shortly after assuming his third term as Chinese president. Reconfirmed as head of state after being re-elected Secretary of the Communist Party of China at the autumn congress, Xi is also officially tasked with meeting his Kremlin counterpart at all costs. If the visit is confirmed, it will be the rapid materialization of what the Wall Street Journal already predicted three weeks ago about the possibility of an imminent visit of Xi to Moscow in Putin's court. Russia's Foreign Ministry said in January that Xi would arrive in the country in 2023. Xi Jinping's last trip to Moscow took place in June 2019 shortly before his participation in the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. With Putin, on the other hand, the last confrontation took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 15 on the occasion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.

What is at stake?

The visit would fall at an extremely delicate stage for international relations and in a context in which Russia is increasing pressure on Ukraine to obtain favorable results in the conflict in Eastern Europe. For some time, many international actors have been pushing for China to play a comprehensive mediating role to persuade Putin to sit down at the negotiating table, while the United States has on several occasions accused Beijing of playing an ambiguous game against the Tsar by supported him effectively without ever taking a stand in his favor. But Beijing certainly does not want to appear as a party to the war, which, especially on the Eurasian economic integration front, has broken a few eggs in its basket. His line is that of peace. And it is no coincidence that Xi plans to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine after his meeting with Putin. China is experiencing a phase of great diplomatic assertiveness and is weaving its web. Mediating the rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia recently demonstrated the vitality of his diplomacy. The "unlimited" partnership with Moscow also continues because the war in Ukraine has contributed to making it increasingly unbalanced in favor of the People's Republic, an increasingly strong part of the relationship due to Russia's dependence on China for industrial products and strategic materials. China is experiencing a phase of great diplomatic assertiveness and is weaving its web. Mediating the rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia recently demonstrated the vitality of his diplomacy. The "unlimited" partnership with Moscow also continues because the war in Ukraine has contributed to making it increasingly unbalanced in favor of the People's Republic, an increasingly strong part of the relationship due to Russia's dependence on China for industrial products and strategic materials. China is experiencing a phase of great diplomatic assertiveness and is weaving its web. Mediating the rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia recently demonstrated the vitality of his diplomacy. The "unlimited" partnership with Moscow also continues because the war in Ukraine has contributed to making it increasingly unbalanced in favor of the People's Republic, an increasingly strong part of the relationship due to Russia's dependence on China for industrial products and strategic materials.

Rend i ri botëror

Xi nuk dëshiron që Rusia të jetë plotësisht e izoluar në arenën globale dhe nuk do të mungojë ta përsërisë këtë kur të vizitojë Moskën. Por në të njëjtën kohë, loja e Kinës është e pavarur nga ajo e Moskës dhe ajo e Perëndimit. Sfida e vërtetë është gjetja e udhëzimeve të reja të rendit botëror në lindje, në të cilat konkurrenca për burime dhe sfera të ndikimit do të jetë gjithnjë e më aktive dhe konkurruese. Nëse nuk është ende një aleancë, marrëdhënia kino-ruse është gjithsesi një partneritet i domosdoshëm për të dyja palët e përfshira. Për Rusinë është ende mbijetesë përballë sanksioneve. Për Kinën, një burim strategjik energjie dhe projeksioni diplomatik në hapësirat euroaziatike, i nevojshëm për të kundërpeshuar presionin amerikan në oborrin e saj detar. Për botën, një vizitë e Xi në Moskë mbetet një takim për t'u parë me kujdes, veçanërisht nëse duhet të dalin zhvillime të reja të propozimit kinez për detentim në kufirin e nxehtë lindor të Evropës, i goditur nga një vit lufte, për zgjidhjen e të cilit Pekini është i gatshëm për të lëvizur pa injoruar megjithatë një marrëdhënie që është gjithnjë e më e dobishme për të.