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DW: The Chinese wall protects Putin's arms!

2023-03-23 08:59:14Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

DW: The Chinese wall protects Putin's arms!

With his visit to Moscow, Chinese President Xi clearly showed that President Putin's Russia can count on him - even in the Ukraine war. This is not a good signal for diplomacy, thinks Roman Goncharenko.

Vladimir Putin has his back against the wall in the Ukraine war. His army is not advancing, Russia's economy is weakening under Western sanctions, and the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant has isolated Russia's president like never before.

However, as long as Putin has a Chinese wall behind him, the head of the Kremlin hopes even further for victory and for a new world order. The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Moscow must have given a new impetus to this hope of Putin.

It could hardly be more symbolic than this: Xi's visit took place exactly on the day when it was nine years since the Russian annexation of Crimea. Putin himself, the day before this visit, visited for the first time the completely destroyed city of Mariupol - a site of the most terrible war crime. Thus, the head of the Chinese state conducted a three-day visit to Russia as if this brutal war did not exist. It was all accompanied by newspaper articles, in which Xi and Putin vowed their friendship as well as the close partnership "side by side" of their countries.

China keeps the Russian economy alive

The obvious result of the meeting was: even more trade. Russia, weakened by the war in Ukraine, is even more closely tied to China, but at the same time it enables it to continue this war even further. China continues to buy more and more Russian raw materials and sells more and more goods to Russia. Chinese firms are now frequenting markets that before the war were dominated by Western firms.

While quite invisible is another result of the talks on the new Chinese diplomatic initiative related to the war in Ukraine. It is highly doubtful whether Beijing is really serious about the twelve-point initiative, which Putin described as "the basis for a peaceful resolution of the conflict". Otherwise, Xi would not have expected to visit Moscow after a year of intervention, not to mention the central issue - the complete withdrawal of Russian troops. A freeze on war would currently be a victory for Putin. How serious Xi is about his offer of coexistence will only become clear after he has spoken with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Ishte një ndër ato vizita, kur vetëm më vonë e kupton, se çfarë është biseduar pas dyerve të mbyllura hermetikisht. Eshtë për të druajtur, që Putin në radhë të parë ka sysnuar të informojë Xi mbi hapat e mëtejshëm të mundshëm në Ukrainë, ngjashëm si edhe përpara ndërhyrjes në shkurt 2022. Rusia javët e ardhëshme mund të përforcojë ofensivën në front, me pasoja brutale për popullsinë ukrainase. Nëse është kështu, Moska do me sa duket që ta ketë Kinën në anën e saj, edhe pse kjo e padukshme nga jashtë.

Kina do të parandalojë dështimin e Rusisë

Perëndimi e sheh i befasuar duke mos pasur asnjë ide aleancën, që po forocohet gjithnjë e më shumë. Ende ai është i rezervuar me kritikat e ashpra nisur nga interesat ekonomike dhe shpresa për ndërmjetësim diplomatik. Ndoshta mendohet, se Kina mund të distancohet nga Moska, sapo të ketë shenja për një dështim të qartë të Putinit në këtë luftë. Ndoshta në këtë rast shkërmoqet muri kinez që i mbron krahët Putinit. Por më shumë gjasë ka për një tjetër skenar: Kina do të përpiqet sa të mundet ta parandalojë dështimin e Rusisë, qoftë me diplomaci, qoftë me furnizime hapur me armë. Perëndimi duhet të jetë i përgatitur për këtë.

Not long ago, in Berlin and other European capitals it was often said: "We must not push Russia into the arms of China." It was naive - because this has been happening for a long time. This embrace is getting stronger and stronger and the West would not have been able to prevent it. Xi's visit to Moscow has now highlighted this even more./ DW


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