Belt and Road Live Updates: Putin Arrives in China, Xi Welcomes World Leaders
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President Xi Jinping said the Belt and Road Initiative has a “golden decade” ahead, welcoming Russian President Vladimir Putin and other delegates at a forum aimed at reinvigorating what Xi has called a “project of the century.”
Putin, subject of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, made a rare trip abroad to attend the forum in Beijing. He’s set to meet Xi on Wednesday, Russia’s Interfax said. The two are likely to focus on their growing relationship, which Washington and Brussels view with caution amid the war in Ukraine.