been a request from russia and that this is an issue that is concerned is considered in beijing or by the chinese authorities. so no evidence as of yet, if they do that would seem to job with another aspect of this relationship that china , a piston still want to try to play some kind of mediator role in the war in ukraine, putin sort of welcomed china s 12 point peace plan, which has been formulated it seems without the involvement of ukraine and slammed by ukraine s western allies is not involving any kind of withdrawal of russian troops. from illegally occupied areas. another question going forward is will president she talked to president zelensky. it was said that there were talks in the works, they might have some phone call. president says he hasn t ruled that out. but he has rejected the idea of a ceasefire. rosemary sebastian joining us live from london. many thanks for that report. a
a toast at a state dinner where putin declared. relations between the two countries are at the highest point. ever cnn, selena wang has more now from beijing. russia s vladimir putin rolling out the red carpet for his quote dear friend, chinese leader xi jinping, greeting each other for their second day of meetings in moscow, despite skepticism from the west that the visit is more about supporting russia and furthering beijing s own self interests, putin and xi signing an economic deal, deepening their partnership and calling for an end to actions that increased tensions in the prolonged war in ukraine. and of course, we did not ignore the situation around ukraine. we believe that many of the points on the peace plan put forward by china consistent with russian approaches and can be taken as the basis of a peaceful settlement when the west and keith are ready for it, but this readiness is not observed on their side. since the war began
military pundits said china can have only one ally china itself. china can only have one set of interests. chinese ones. chinese foreign policy is utterly devoid of altruism. chinese state media is in overdrive touting the benefits of the russia china relationship, and it s positive comments on china s heavily censored social media. this one says cooperation and win win the next one, says long live china russia friendship. disagreements if any, are censored. meeting with putin. she wants to highlight his role as a global statesman that can offer an alternative to the current world order. selena wang, cnn beijing . and let s go live to london. now with cnn s claire sebastian is standing by. good morning to you, claire. so what is the latest on that promised peace plan to end the war in ukraine. and what does the sign joint
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, russia has become far more dependent on china. china has been propping up russia s economy amid western sanctions by purchasing its energy for placing western suppliers and electronic cars and aircraft and providing an alternative to the u. s. dollar is inviting putin to china this year and told putin they share similar goals. putin says russia has closely studied beijing s peace proposal for ukraine plan that washington says would solidify russia s grip on occupied land. china i would not want to see putin. fail it would set a terrible example for the chinese system. china and russia have a complicated history, but their shared adversarial relationship with washington is driving them closer. this is a marriage of convenience, not of affection in russia, there s some cynicism about beijing s motives on a russian state tv talk show this