Soaring Tensions With US: President Xi Meets Putin In Astana

<h4>Soaring Tensions With US<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Russian President&comma; Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping&comma; on Wednesday&comma; June 3&comma; 2024&comma; met at Astana city in a Central Asian summit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The meeting has been described by industry analysts as deepening cooperation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Astana&comma; founded in the 8th century&comma; was formerly known as Nur-Sultan&period; It is the capital city of Kazakhstan on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Kazakhstan<&sol;a> with a population of slightly above 1&period;5 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to information&comma; Putin&comma; on Wednesday&comma; reportedly hailed the SCO at the meeting with Xi saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;one of the key pillars of a fair&comma; multipolar world order&comma;” and said ties between Moscow and Beijing are <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;experiencing the best period in their history&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both countries&comma; overtime&comma; face soaring tensions with the West and have met about 40 times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking on the meeting&comma; Wang Wenbin&comma; Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson and Deputy director general&comma; Department of Press&comma; Communication and Public Diplomacy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People&&num;8217&semi;s Republic of China&comma; said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Facing a fluid and turbulent world and external environment&comma; the two sides will remain steadfast in their commitment to an everlasting friendship and in their resolve to benefit their peoples&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The two countries will enrich the unique value of China-Russia relations&comma; tap into internal drivers of cooperation&comma; and make new efforts to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the two countries as well as the basic norms in international relations&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;