On the 20th, a new international order competition was launched on the 20th, in which Japanese Prime Minister Kishida took a train from Poland to visit Ukraine on the same day that Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Russia, and a German minister visited Taiwan for the first time in 26 years.
President Xi visited Moscow on the 20th for a summit meeting with Russian President Putin after the Chinese foreign minister signed an agreement to restore the embassy as a mediator to normalize relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
President Putin told Xi that he praised the system for simultaneous development of the economy and security, calling China “an object of envy” because it “has built a “very effective system for economic development and state strengthening,” the Times reported.
"Cooperation between Russia and China is an essential counterweight against the West trying to dominate not only Eastern Europe but also the Asia-Pacific region, and the West trying to 'hold back our country's development'," Putin told People's Daily. It is Russia-China relations that will be implemented through this," he said on the 20th.
Xi told Putin that "the majority of countries support easing of tensions, advocate peace negotiations, and oppose adding fuel to the fire. Historically, conflicts must be finally resolved through dialogue and negotiations," referring to the Battle of Ukraine as war aggression. The NYT reported that it was "crisis" and "conflict" rather than "crisis".
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida boarded a train from Poland starting a surprise visit to Ukraine a few hours after Xi arrived on his three-day visit to Russia. "We will confirm our absolute rejection of Russia's unilateral status quo maintenance by aggression and force and our promise to protect the 'rules-based international order,'" he said.
German Minister of Education and Research Bettina Starkwazinger visited Taiwan on the 20th, and earlier in a statement on the 17th, “The two-day visit to Taiwan is aimed at expanding science and research cooperation in the three fields of semiconductors, green hydrogen batteries,” and said, “It is a working visit. We do not deny China's principle,” he said, formalizing the separation of political relations and economic cooperation.
Reuters said, “There is no scheduled meeting with President Tsai In-wen to avoid excessive stimulation from China.” Goal” reported on the 20th.
Footage from Japanese public broadcaster NTV showed Prime Minister Kishida boarding a train with several officials at Przemysl Station near the Ukrainian border that day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement.
Yomiuri said, “Japan, which has territorial disputes with China and Russia over islands, is particularly concerned about the close relationship between Beijing and Moscow, which have conducted joint military exercises near the Japanese coast. US President Biden also visited Kiev following a similar route last month, just before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” he said.
“His surprise visit to Ukraine took place just a few hours after meeting Indian Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi and a week after a groundbreaking summit meeting with President Yoon Seok-yeol,” he said. urged them to raise their demands to stop Russia from going to war in defense of the 'rules-based international order'."
At the Korea-Japan summit, President Yoon put forward an “international order based on universal values of freedom, human rights, and the rule of law,” while Prime Minister Kishida argued for a “free and open international order based on the rule of law.”
Prime Minister Kishida expanded on 'Rules and International Order' in his visit to India, and expanded it again in economic aid to Ukraine.
It is the first time in 26 years that a German minister has visited Taiwan since 1997 as Minister of Economy.
This visit came out of the German government's "one China" foreign policy, and is attempting a transformation from the Social Democrat Chancellor Schultz's "security and economic cooperation are inseparable."
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