Chinese President Xi Jinping told the Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday that he was glad that the US and Russia were talking, Bloomberg reported.
US President Donald Trump said he would be willing to meet Putin, even though the Russian president has not yet agreed to sit down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Trump signaled his interest in mediating a peace agreement in the conflict of Russia-Ukrajina and said, “I will do what I can stop to stop killing.”
In the XI telephone interview, he set Beijing’s position in Ukraine on Putin and described it as a set of complex problems without simple solutions, Bloomberg report said that the Chinese State CCTV operator quoted.
Development comes shortly after China prevented its imports of Russian oil as justified and legitimate and resisted the threats of secondary US tariffs for any country trading in Russia.
“For China, it is legitimate and legal to carry out normal economic, business and energy cooperation with all countries around the world, including Russia,” Bloomberg News said on Friday.
“We will continue to take reasonable energy security measures in accordance with our national interests.”
Chinese imports from Russia rose to $ 10.06 billion in July – the highest level since March. Overall, however, this year imports from Russia still dropped by 7.7%compared to the same period in 2024, the report states that it quoted customs data.
When he asked Trump’s comments on Thursday, the Finance Minister Scott Bessnt said Fox News that tariffs to China over oil shopping “may be on the table at some point”.
The ties from the US-Chinese stabilized after both parties agreed to negotiate an agreement.
At the beginning of this week, Trump said it was “very close to” the agreement with China to expand the trade ceasefire to expire on Tuesday.
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