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China's Xi reportedly backs Putin in Russia's bid for security guarantees from the West
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cnbc.comBEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their second dedicated video call of the year Wednesday, amid rising international concerns about tensions on the Russia-Ukraine border.
Putin won support from Xi for his push to obtain binding security guarantees for Russia from the West, a Kremlin official said, according to Reuters.
Russia wants the United States and NATO to guarantee the military alliance will not expand further eastward or deploy weapons systems in Ukraine and other countries on Russia's border.
Putin also called Xi his «dear friend» and said relations between the two countries had reached «an unprecedentedly high level,» according to a report of the call's opening remarks from Russian
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