The Russia-China meeting before the EU Council will have feedback when Beijing talks about relevant matters. Brussels wants to make Ukraine an issue that Chinese President Xi Jinping request other than it as a talking point. There is a lot of speculation about the significance of the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Two Superpowers To Collide With the West

During the same week as the China-EU summit, Vladimir Putin and Russia improved their relationship with China, reported the Express UK.

This week's meetings with China went ahead of an important EU summit on Friday, April 1. The conference demonstrated a solid united front between the two superpowers, which is sure to cause upset at the upcoming China - EU summit this week, noted Al Jazeera.

This week, Lavrov went to Beijing to discuss with Wang Yi relevant matters in the face of EU sanctions. He promised to work in multi-polar and democratic world order if it could get the support of China regarding Ukraine. Stated that Moscow wished to work with Xi at a time when the world has been at a very critical juncture in the history of international relations.

Wang accepted the remarks and later said that Moscow could count on their help. Efforts to avoid a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. The Russia-China meeting affirmed collaboration and looks forward to good bilateral ties.

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China did not vote in favor of pressing Russia to end its incursion on Ukraine at the United Nations last month but also refused to endorse the Kremlin's combat operations overtly. The allegations are likely to create a tense atmosphere during Friday's China-EU summit.

Before the conference, Western officials warned China of the consequences if it stymies the progress of sanctions against Russia, noted Radio Free Europe.

China has so far refrained from censuring Putin's wartime invasion and has preserved normal trade relations with Russia.

Joe Biden Urges EU, NATO 

Last week, Joe Biden encouraged the EU and NATO to establish safeguards to prevent sanctions breaches by third parties. Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said they would enforce consequences on China if they helped Russia.

Diplomats from Germany and France have remarked that they hope to persuade Beijing to abstain from aiding Moscow. They do not wish to disparage China's current stance on Russia because it is not selling guns or directly supporting the fighting at this time.

The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told the European Council on Foreign Relations last Tuesday; that they are not comparing China to Russia.

He went on to say that it is not in their interests to sway Russia toward China to construct a powerful alliance of China and other like-minded nations, as well as a bloc of countries that do not share the democratic system.

The US wants to take a hardline stance, which wants to take out China as its competition. Holding the Russia-China meeting before the Bloc makes a lot of difference for the Kremlin, as Brussels has nothing to expect from Beijing, with relations not at best.

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