Xi warns against foreign interfering
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March 24, 2013, Sunday
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Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against foreign interference in the affairs of other nations during a speech in Moscow yesterday, sending a signal to the West and echoing a message often repeated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"We must respect the right of each country in the world to independently choose its path of development and oppose interference in the internal affairs of other countries," Xi told students at an international relations school.
He spoke a day after meeting Putin on his first foreign trip since becoming president, a choice both said underscored a "strategic partnership" between Russia and China.
In the Kremlin on Friday, Xi told Putin: "You and I are good friends."
Yesterday, he told Russian students: "Strong Chinese-Russian relations ... not only answer our interests but also serve as an important, reliable guarantee of an international strategic balance and peace."
Xi made the remarks in his speech before a full auditorium at the prestigious Moscow State Institute for International Relations. Chinese students studying at Moscow universities were among the audience.
He told the students that China rejects an arms race and is not making threats of war.
"The development and growth of China brings to other countries not threats but opportunities," he said. "The fulfillment of the Chinese dream will be good for China and for the whole world."
The Chinese president spoke of a need for Beijing and Moscow to stand together to "uphold the principles of the UN charter."
Xi said a visit to the Defense Ministry yesterday was intended to show that China and Russia will strengthen military and political relations and improve cooperation between their armed forces.
Russia's state media stressed that Xi was the first foreign leader ever to be allowed inside the Russian armed forces' Operational Command Center.
Russia's defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, who met with Xi yesterday, said he would hold talks today with his Chinese counterpart.
Meeting yesterday with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Xi said he had achieved his goals in visiting Russia and the results had far exceeded his expectations.
Xi said during talks on Friday with Putin they had "agreed to strengthen mutual support."
After the Kremlin talks, Russian and Chinese officials signed agreements on deliveries of Russian oil and gas to China.
"We must respect the right of each country in the world to independently choose its path of development and oppose interference in the internal affairs of other countries," Xi told students at an international relations school.
He spoke a day after meeting Putin on his first foreign trip since becoming president, a choice both said underscored a "strategic partnership" between Russia and China.
In the Kremlin on Friday, Xi told Putin: "You and I are good friends."
Yesterday, he told Russian students: "Strong Chinese-Russian relations ... not only answer our interests but also serve as an important, reliable guarantee of an international strategic balance and peace."
Xi made the remarks in his speech before a full auditorium at the prestigious Moscow State Institute for International Relations. Chinese students studying at Moscow universities were among the audience.
He told the students that China rejects an arms race and is not making threats of war.
"The development and growth of China brings to other countries not threats but opportunities," he said. "The fulfillment of the Chinese dream will be good for China and for the whole world."
The Chinese president spoke of a need for Beijing and Moscow to stand together to "uphold the principles of the UN charter."
Xi said a visit to the Defense Ministry yesterday was intended to show that China and Russia will strengthen military and political relations and improve cooperation between their armed forces.
Russia's state media stressed that Xi was the first foreign leader ever to be allowed inside the Russian armed forces' Operational Command Center.
Russia's defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, who met with Xi yesterday, said he would hold talks today with his Chinese counterpart.
Meeting yesterday with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Xi said he had achieved his goals in visiting Russia and the results had far exceeded his expectations.
Xi said during talks on Friday with Putin they had "agreed to strengthen mutual support."
After the Kremlin talks, Russian and Chinese officials signed agreements on deliveries of Russian oil and gas to China.
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