The leaders of China and Russia, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, exhibited this Thursday in Beijing their consensus on global issues such as the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, multipolarity and trade, distancing themselves from Western positions.

Putin’s second visit to China in less than a year (and his first trip abroad after starting his fifth term) comes after last week Xi traveled for the first time in five to Europe, where the Chinese leader received new pressure to convince his Russian counterpart to stop his aggression against Ukraine.

In a statement after the meeting they held in Beijing, Xi assured that both parties “agree that a political solution to the ‘crisis’ in Ukraine is the right direction.”

Likewise, he reiterated point by point the position that Beijing has maintained in recent years, asking for “respect for the territorial integrity of all countries,” but also for the “legitimate security concerns of all parties,” in reference to Russia.

Xi’s words on the subject do not suggest that the Chinese leader could have pressured his counterpart to end the war during a meeting that occurred a day after Washington announced in Kiev an additional item of 2 billion dollars (about 1,837 million euros) to help Ukraine acquire weapons from the United States.

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Xi declared that both parties consider it “extremely urgent” to find a way out of the situation in Palestine and that they support the “two-state solution” and the implementation of United Nations resolutions on this conflict.

Thus, the two heads of state have staged the coordination of their countries on this issue in scenarios such as the United Nations Security Council, where their representatives have voted similarly on the resolutions in this regard.

The Chinese leader boasted of the “strength” of the ties between Beijing and Moscow, which “have stood the test of the changing international panorama” and that will continue to consolidate to “defend justice in the world.”

The Chinese president recalled that he has met “more than forty times” with Putin, who defined relations between China and Russia as an “example of how links should be built between neighboring states.”

Both parties agreed to “promote multipolarity and globalization” and coordinate in institutions such as the United Nations or the G20 to “lead global management in the right direction.”

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In February 2022, shortly before the start of the war in Ukraine, Xi and Putin proclaimed in Beijing a “friendship without limits” and, since then, they have defended that their relationship “advances the multipolarization of the world,” as opposed to American “hegemonism.”

Putin welcomed the expansion of bilateral trade, which “is reliably protected against the negative influence of third countries,” he said in reference to the Western sanctions against his country, criticized in recent years by Beijing for “not solving the problems.”

The Russian president also stressed that energy cooperation between Beijing and Moscow was addressed “in depth” during the meeting, a possible reference to the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, designed to connect Russia and China through Mongolia and that, if completed, would divert 50 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year to northern China.

After surpassing Saudi Arabia, Russia has been China’s main source of oil since 2023, a trade that constitutes an important source of income for the Eurasian country, whose energy exports have been affected by Western sanctions.

In the midst of the American and European offensive against the Chinese automotive sector, Putin defended bilateral collaboration in this field and congratulated China on “a clear and very obvious success” in the sector.

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The words of admiration of the Russian leader contrasted with the statements of US President Joe Biden, who recently accused Beijing of “cheating” in that industry and with the EU’s position, which announced a few months ago an investigation of the electric vehicle sector of the Asian giant for possible “illegal subsidies.”