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May 16 2024 
President Putin’s pre-visit written interview to Xinhua News Agency
Belated note by Amarynth: Only now do I see that this is still in draft, and it was not posted. Apologies.
Ahead of his state visit to the People’s Republic of China, Vladimir Putin gave a written interview to the Chinese news agency Xinhua.
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Question: In March 2023, President Xi Jinping chose Russia as a destination for his first foreign visit… Continue reading
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May 16 2024 
In urgent ICJ hearing, South Africa blasts Israel’s ‘explicit genocidal intent’
To keep readers orientated, tomorrow Israel gets an opportunity to rebut or bring details to the court.
From The Cradle: https://thecradle.co/articles/in-urgent-icj-hearing-south-africa-blasts-israels-explicit-genocidal-intent
Pretoria made clear during the hearing that Israel has blatantly disregarded the previous ICJ ruling demanding that its army prevent acts of genocide against PalestiniansThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) held hearings on 16 May on… Continue reading
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May 16 2024 
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping on a roll
Much of what we’ve posted up to now, was Russia centric news. I was looking forward to the Chinese input and here we have a very good piece from Xinhua with some beautiful pics.
Xi, Putin hold talks in Beijing, charting course for enhanced ties
https://english.news.cn/20240516/a4958fcd9acc4db9b8bc163334c9422b/c.htmlA good quote is this:
SAFEGUARDING UN-CENTERED INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMChina and Russia are committed… Continue reading
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May 16 2024 
Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing – First Work Done
Generally the tone:
Putin and Xi Jinping have signed a declaration on deepening relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation after their talks.
Putin and Xi Jinping began extended Russian-Chinese talks in Beijing with the participation of their delegations.
Earlier, the Russian and Chinese leaders spoke about the development of relations between the two countries.
Putin:
“It is of fundamental… Continue reading
