Putin’s Taiwan Support Outweighs Any Xi Concerns About Ukraine
- Russian leader criticizes US for ‘provocations ‘ in strait
- Moscow may be aiming for closer relations with Beijing
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Even as Vladimir Putin admitted that Xi Jinping had concerns about the war in Ukraine, the Russian leader’s comments on Taiwan may ultimately matter more to his Chinese counterpart.
During their first in-person talks since the Ukraine war began, Putin on Thursday blasted what he called “provocations by the US and its satellites in the Taiwan Strait,” while reiterating support for Beijing’s “one China” principle.