The report stated that both countries “coordinate with and support each other on the international stage”, showing the world that “the right path is more evident against adverse currents”.
The report added that both countries “jointly encourage” the international community “to uphold fairness and justice … and resolutely safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core and the basic norms of international law”.
“AT THEIR BEST PERIOD IN HISTORY”
State-owned People’s Daily reported that China-Russia relations are “at their best period in history”.
The relationship also set an example for major-country relations characterised by permanent “good neighbourly friendship, comprehensive strategic coordination, and mutually beneficial, win-win cooperation”.
“China and Russia are good neighbours who cannot be moved away from each other, and true friends who stand together through adversity, support each other, and develop together,” the People’s Daily wrote.
The visit also underscores how Beijing and Moscow have strengthened political and economic ties since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine despite scrutiny from Western countries.
While China has regularly called for talks to end the fighting, it has never condemned Russia for sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and presents itself as a neutral party.
