a little fiddle with cooperation has never been aimed at any 3rd party, but we never allow any 3rd party to dictate to us what to do with cooperation between china and russia. as we said more than once, is very important in stabilizing the international situation. that's the message from china's foreign policy chief on russian president vladimir putin as they meet in moscow to discuss global issues and strengthening biological corporation. policy visits a temporary refugee come in the done yes, republic and speaks to those who've been evacuated from the front lines. and they told us to write our initials on our hands with the red marker because they were

going to bury us there the ukrainians. doggett range right in front of our house. there were 3 or 4 such structure, small street, turned out what the frontline nigeria said to elect a new president, not submit political turbulence on multiple crises engulfing the country. we launched our special coverage as voters prepared to hit the polls this weekend with moscow to the well, this is our international. my name is peter scott and these the top stories this wednesday evening. thanks for joining us. the chinese foreign affairs commission director has helped folks with buddy ma puts in in moscow that's on the last stop of his 6th day diplomatic trip. the president has emphasized the importance of senior russian relations amid global political challenges is little natasha. she with international relations today are complicated. they didn't become better after

the fall of the bipolar system. quite the opposite. they turned out to be more problematic. in this regard, cooperation between china and russia. as we said, more than once is very important in stabilizing the international situation. even though crises are ongoing, each crisis is an opportunity. so we should strengthen our joint efforts to respond to current crises and deepen our corporations. i also want to emphasize that al cooperation has never been aimed at any 3rd party, but we never allow any 3rd party to dictate to us what to do. these meetings focused pretty exclusively on strategic cooperation between russia and china. when wang, he was in the kremlin, he told vladimir putin that he was grateful. that bilateral relations have stood the test of time, although they've had to go through numerous crises together. he said that this, these kinds of situations actually gave both russia and china the opportunities to grow closer. but believe the concept of multiple, a world is also brought up during those talks. what's wishes take on that? right?

there was a lot of talk about multi polarity at these meetings today, and wang even told vladimir putin that china's dedicated to making international relations more democratic. and naturally that means moving away from the unipolar way, way of doing things in terms of international relations. now, why also did meet with russia's foreign minister survey lab rob today and their lab rob again spoke about their common interests in building this a form of a multi polarity on a world scale. and lab rav said that this was something that was also in the best interests of africa and asia countries, the majority of which are trying to assert their national sovereignty very much right now. how does she see? she didn't see those glue spool, the russian federation and the people's republic of china continued to closely coordinate foreign policy efforts. standing for the creation of a more open democratic fair system of a national relations. that's what the majority of asian african and latin american countries which show independence based on their national interests are seeking.

they do not accept attempts to impose a confrontational agenda on them, as well as restrictions on their development. but that's basically a rundown of what was said at these meetings. and when all was said and done, vladimir putin of course, asked wang to give seizing ping his best wishes. so all around good news for these 2 long standing strategic partners alive now to john gong, professor at the university of international business, uneconomic in beijing. john, thanks very much for agreeing speech was this evening. thank you. i, you know, 1st of all, i just need to get your thoughts on how significant this meets in is between putin and chinese, the chinese foreign policy official. well, in my view, i think one east mission incapacity, the 3 things. one of course i think is laying the groundwork for present she's potential visit to moscow on this is already be announced to some extending from moscow site, but has never been really thorough for sheila mouse here in beijing from the

foreign ministry. but i think on all the speculations that the present she's gonna go and that before he goes, of course this, them coordination on a, some ground work has to be done. i think this is the, the 1st mission, 2nd meeting i think is that on, i think, you know, in the, in the current environments on, you know, china is, is very much pressure to do something in terms of our new playing and walk racket role or in terms of a mediating a sort of a peaceful solution for a situation ukraine. or even though i'm kind of skeptical about you know, how effective that aqua will deep, but i think on still china will make his trial. so i think are probably a one e is also going to moscow a the proposal from a g as to, you know, the future on a peaceful resolution for the treasury. crowds affected. i think probably more important is the 3rd is the app that has to do is essentially establishing a,

another economic ordering minute together was the bricks. countries are made. it also joined by some allen countries, oil producing countries on, in terms of at least, you know, come up with a r o choice settlement mechanism that bypasses the u. s. thought i think there's a lot of all are using an alternative currency as opposed to us all up on cost coming from moscow coming from some our countries to certain also from china as well. so i think the 3rd event, it's probably a more significant, he might well authentic, quite a lot on pack there. john, i sort of pick of all the 1st points you made about obviously one year visits on potentially paving the way for shooting ping's visit to moscow. both, both putin and young, we did discuss the, you know, a shift in global power dynamics and the a shift towards multi polarity. what message do you think that sends to the

collective west answer and to washington? yes, i think it's very clear that our challenges in your 100 percent opposed to the union for all of our china is a big champion of a multi part of what i to which that, that the china is a party all. and also probably, you know, russia, writers also on, on, but, you know, i think we have to discuss this relationship of the contest of this war going right on. it is very clear that you know, that the so called west including united states and most european countries are on asylum. ukraine are and the child has to take a very clear position that it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a position of neutrality. let you know, principal, you charge on at the same time advocating for peace. ok, so far, you know, i think john has refer you are standing arms to either side,

ukraine on an as or 2 opposed to the west, assisting ukraine in terms of providing military assistance. so, you know, that's, that's transportation and i think humbling is not a position that the moscow appreciates what he also said, the expected in a numerous agreements to, to be signed between moscow in moscow and beijing. and of course trade between the 2 nations has went through the roof last year. and what areas do you think that some cooperation will increase between washer and china? yes, so the 20 duration. sure. but you, russia and china, as you have to do that, you asked increased dramatically. i think at least trouble. i just give you one example. the automobile industry, right? i mean, russia used to be dominated by any companies, by hand, by rain. oh, now the all gone mostly gone and i think the russian people finding that the chinese carson s u v 's actually pretty good. and also, you know,

very canonical and i'm a lot cheaper. i'm talking tre, between china and washer is very complementary. there's also increase you wrap a rapid it certainly china's also and a lot of pressure from washington are to curtailed actually on, you know, washington has a narrative that somehow the increasing trade relationship between benji and moscow is, is portrayed as a way of assisting a russia total nonsense, you know, china and a not estates has a tray size much, much larger than between china, russia and it's never any talk about china providing so co maturer support to, to watch. and i thought, so i think an unpaid use perspective. we were just categorically your reject this notions net rate. you that somehow trade that you russia and china is kind of assistance provided from china to us. that's total nonsense. we take, go,

grew charlie position and we are not a shadow of saying this. we unabashedly weakening christian already and that has nothing to do is, you know, on the russian side or ukrainian side on this rule. this is nothing to lose. but i think from your answer that the china is not concerned about any possible negative consequences from washington over its continued trade on and indeed, tightening partnership with moscow. yes. so washington has it's a red line. china also has its own red line. i think what was retina is that, you know, china to not provide miniature assistance to our children, to, to rush. and i think this is something probably vigilant recess. well, when it comes to normal trade relationships in other goods and products, you know, we're not going to be detected by washington. great. my, in this case, you know, trade with russia is increasing rapidly. you know that, that, that's yet just the way that, you know, so actually i also want to point out that even before is the trade between china

and washer has been increasing rapidly. if i can remember this corrected, i think in 2021 on the trade between russia and china increased by more than 30 percent compared to the previous year. so this is like, you know, what do you read even before this war, you well john gong, professor at beijing's university of in social business and economics. pleasure to have you on the program today. thank you very much for your time and fish and your full of us. thank you for following his meeting with china's foreign affairs commission direct, so that he may putin as congratulated russian people for the upcoming defender of the fatherland day. the president has said that every person is a defender of the homeland. but am with you right now, there is a fight on our historical territories for our people who all are. people are defenders of the fatherland. the homeland is a family and in the hearts of russians, they are the same thing. or the russian leader send things to soldiers that he said

were defending the homeland language and culture as well as the country's interest during the military operation. while they also praised medical workers for saving the lives of those injured in the will definitely put your name in a pretty. i know what the most fighting continues in the dumbass are. t brings exclusive 1st hand accounts of those court in the gunfire now safely evacuated to a temporary refugee camp in the dance republic. this is searched. it was very scary when all the shells were flying. everything was exploding. nobody knew where the shots were coming from. starting january 10th, my younger brother and i could not leave the house because of the constrained bombardment. weather. well it will throw me. we were in the 2nd entrance to the building ish. the ukrainian nationalists were in the next one to sell and they told us to write our initials on our hands with the red marker. so because they were going to bury us there while the we'd been sitting in the basement for over 3

months. ever since the shelling began up to the 3rd floor, a whole house was littered with shells. there were boxes of weapons round the place . it was, i was afraid that something would happen and everything would blow up the dish. i decided to move to another basement than before which i had said. shells were constantly flying through our yard and garden. the ukrainians dug a trench right in front of our house. there were 3 or 4 such structure. small street turned out that was the frontline. hundreds of displaced persons have already passed through this temporary refugee sensor. and, and escal republic, they come from different places from besieged to are 2 or more scanned from other freed areas in the next republic as well, like her solids. are the refugee saved by the russian army in that a charm of have all different stories by the have. one thing in common is that they all lost their houses that were destroyed by the ukrainian military. we have shelves in our garden, one is buried, shrapnel is all over the yard. neighboring houses have been down. what was,

once you would step out of the house, the shelling would begin the buffer. sometimes i was not even able to look the donkey over the door. the shells were constantly flying through a yard and garden with those do ukrainians dug a trench right in front of our house. there were 3 or 4 such structures on our street. it turned out that was the front line. this temper refugees sensor, provides not only shelter, but also necessary clothing of food and medicine as well. once they arrive in this m, richie sensor, their documents say, gets checked and later on they move on to other areas. in russia or stay here, internet republic, or some of them find jobs are there are, this is a bulletin board. well, it makes of bulletin board where they're able to find jobs or find something to do . but most of them are moving on to meet with their friends and families elsewhere . in russia, romantic author of arte that ask republic in the news 10 palestinians have

died and over a 100 more have been injured in heavy fights with israeli forces us according to the palestinian health ministry. the crushes took place in the west bank city of nablus, falling idea f rates on the area. the shots on explosions could be heard in the area of these really forces and said not . this is old city videos on social media showed palestinians burning ties, unhealthy israeli military vehicles with stones. this comes from the citizens, expressed outrage at intensify policing by the idea as well as the demolition of our neighborhoods by jerusalem authorities. the central bank of iran has launched a new currency in gold exchange center to boost if natural currency, the real sense opened amid severe sanctions imposed by the us. and the experts

believe it will reduce iran, dependent on the dollar by opening the sudden seem to run. officials hope to improve access to foreign currency and gold, as well as to a sub leash on orthography to monitor the current exchange. the volume of official transactions expected to increase by allowing foreign currency to be exchanged for exports of all products and other commodities. well, multiple countries excuse me. wrong camera recently focused on replacing dependence on the dollar us trade currency, the rating of buses. russia says that reducing use of the dollar in a bilateral trade will diminish negative economic impacts. earlier china opened the door for go states to buy oil and gas, and you want the methods you, we can the u. s. dollars grip on we'll trade in the united arab emirates on india. i've also entered into talks to establish non oil trades in india's national currency. well, indian affairs analysts. so he'd a saudi says that the west failure to show itself as a reliable partner as push countries around the globe to turn it back on the dollar . what has been and gone actually without saying for iran is that the

west is not at part to be trusted. as a result, the country has tried to more than the scope of it economy relations with other countries. and since these crippling sanctions do not let the country have open economy times with other countries, there is this tendency, long uranian politicians to switch to other currencies in order to not lead in trade b toss. and in so doing, i think you too distracted you trying to read that exist. there is a kind of positive reaction from other partners or other economy partners that the route you ignore this extensive use of the dollar dollar. ready addition and it's negative impacts, there is whole that this new measure could play

a positive role in improving the situation between the value. iranian mccarthy. shelly, oh boy has been elected the mare of new delhi with a 150 votes. the candidate from the ruling ultimate party defeated her opponent by 34 or appointments comes after 2 months of delays and scandals. elections were disrupted, due to disputes are with weather to hold municipal elections simultaneously. and the inclusion of so called alderman respect of citizens, elected by the current governor override, declared that would be against the law and would only benefits her opponents subsequently by supreme court decision. the elders were excluded from voting are moving on. now, the form australian prime minister has unveiled to the foreign influence laws introduced by him back in 2018 were aimed at china. it's

a failed to achieve their goals. the most active state and political party seeking to influence public affairs in australia, china. but they don't seem to appear on the register. the law was aimed at orthor, terry, in states and not australia, security allies and geopolitical tensions had worse. and since it was introduced, law was the biggest counter intelligence overall in decades, and was aimed at combating financial activities and political interference. though at that time, it was not aimed directly a china symbol now admits that the key purpose of a foreign interest register was to disclose the links. the chinese communist party had formed in australia or relations between china, australia have soured, in recent years to converge the investigation into the origin of cove it back in 2020 and how china has handled the virus outbreak of so slipping a 5 g network bon on chinese tech jones, huawei john is denied any wrong doing and responded with formal bonds. australian products including cold wind, bali, and lobsters, australia and china have recently sought to repair different much the size. and

beijing has begun to ease trade books on australian, cold and ugly cultural products. some understand director of the center for accounts i had your money studies says by pushing china away, australia is acting against his own interests. what's on washington's come on. in the case of a strategy or it's a tragedy because for at least 50 years, the relations with china had been warming and only a few years ago. they're very cordial relations with china. not from both the magic parties that matter who was in government here. chinese groups, academic groups, you know, since you'd all of these sorts of groups, which of course have some links to the government in china. but there was no real concern about it. and bleeding politicians visited china and because after all, china had become the biggest trade partner. and there was no real trick now very quickly because of the, the harsh policy. all the jealous, harsh policy of the trumpet administration towards china and the beginning of economic measures against china on the trump carried on by the regime astray has

fallen, shoot and sent war ships to the south china sea. and china has responded with some crippling restrictions on strike exports to china. you know, said the relations have really gone downhill very quickly as a, as a direct result of the government in camber operating under the instructions of washington. india and china will be the major drivers of global growth this year with their economies accounting for more than half of the increases. that's what's being predicted by a new report by the international monetary fund. the rest of asia is expected to make up for the quarter of the growth. these developments are helping improve prospects across the region with gross set to accelerate to 4.7 percent this year up from 3.8 percent in 2022. this will make it by far the most dynamic of the world's major regions, and a bright spot in slowing global economy. and improvements from the challenges world

markets face back in 2022, such as shipping disruptions. unfair, due to the pandemic accounts for the rosie pitcher, according to the i m f. the slow down of global inflation has also given the forecast a boost mess projects. asian growth will be up from 40 percent last year to 70 this year. the graph here also shows that china alone will exceed 40 percent growth for the 1st time since april 2021. we heard from the analyst ross feed gold who thinks that asian countries, especially in the china, still have significant potential for economic development. it's not surprising, given the enormous population of these 2 markets growth, not just the wealthy, but the middle class is what the interesting things about the i m f analysis and to keep in perspective is work we. we've seen so much negative back in navic news over

the last 3 years. first with the panoramic and then with the war in ukraine. but there is growth, there will be growth. there will be growth in many parts of the world. and countries like india and china, again with a large population, large middle class growing class as well to people where there's potential still for fairly significant economic growth. my g area, which is africa, the most populous nation, is preparing for presidential election this saturday and have nazi we're kicking off a special coverage of one of the continents most significant selections this year. well 18 candidates will take part in the elections with 3 of the leaders representing the main regions of the country for the decisions have been complicated by multiple crises in the country, from economic troubles,

to energy issues or to correspondence. rachel blevins has more details. the west african nation of nigeria is days away from an election that will determine the country's next president. and while some races have humane options, nigerians have 18 to choose from who represent a wide range of views and interests. the question at hand is who will replace the current president bahama do bihari, who has been in office for the last 8 years. the job through contenders represent the major regions in africa, most populous nation. first, there's bull. i'm not new booth from the ruling. all progressive congress party, as a former governor, he has often boasted about helping the current president get into office. his favorite slogan translates to it's my turn and he's promising to create jobs, focus on the economy and tackle violent crime. this is a revolution. the selection is the revolution we shall take over from them. they don't want election to take place, but we won't accept they're going to hide under fuels,

cassidy to cause the crisis so that there won't be an election to new, represent your robot. the 3rd largest ethnic group in nigeria, which makes up around 20 percent of the population, while the candidate is part of the wealthy political establishment, the people he stands for are known to be farmers and craftsmen. the next contender is tico above our car, the leader of the people's democratic party. as a former vice president, he is considered by many to be the most experienced politician still trying even after 5 unsuccessful presidential bids. he represents the full on a majority muslim group in the north, which makes up around 6 percent of the population. his latest campaign has revolved around the slogan to recover nigeria, where he promises a small government that turns the country into the hub of crude oil, refining in africa. let me promise nigerians that we shall never disappoint you. if you give us your mandate, we promise to live by our promises and have united country a peaceful country that we have

a buoyant economy. and we have the best education for our children, and also delegate powers to states local governments with corresponding resources. then there's peter o, we a former governor and nominee of the labor party. he represents the igloo people of se nigeria, which make up or on 18 percent of the population seen by many as an outsider. he is the youngest of the top 3 contenders. that age 61, and he has focused on the younger generation with pledges to fight corruption and to change the economic priorities from consumption to production in line with my upbringing, especially my mothers council. my promises that nigeria resources will be most prudently used. and as the commander in chief i pita, obee sicily, plates that all packed with nigeria will be diligently pursued to created new nigeria, characterized by sustainable and inclusive growth and development. while nigeria is the most populous nation in africa, it's estimated that only around $93000000.00 people or less than half of the

country are registered to vote. and when it comes to the issues the new president will inherit. there are many ranging from the economic crisis that is left citizens dealing with cash shortages to an energy crisis that has drawn attention to the nations controversial petrol subsidies. as a result, all eyes will be on saturdays election and what it means for the future of nigeria . public opinion polls suggests that most germans consider the country's current political cause to be problematic with the states overwhelmed by a cash crisis caused by hasty currency reforms. and issues with energy stability due to lack of fuel. aside from poverty, nigerian space, security crisis and issues with terrorism, which caused an upsurge of violence in the country just last week. at least a policemen being killed in 2 separate tanks in the road to the elections. country security services, blame the indigenous people of the after our rebel group. because they have stopped fir into locals and raised the question of security. our polling stations,

we heard from an elevator to said that there are signs of foreign intervention aimed at the stabilizing the situation to the elections. nobody benefit from it. so any proven shows that it went to lead to violence is not going to be in the interest of the citizen. and that was why some policeman where we were to understand that the person who is to get to the violence is from abroad. do you know judy and what he's not staying in julia, we will admit to understand that some of his follow us where does where it wants to move forward the killing of the police made. that was what we allegedly had in our collective interest to allow these shows to come and lead the ad the piece. so we don't need to allow nigeria to be destroyed ever becomes the president

or the governor or the senate, all, all the legislators. we should all support them in national interest led the country move forward. we can watch our coverage of the nigerian elections throughout the coming days here on oxy and of course we'll keep you updated on the latest. ah, well that is a rob at 530 moscow time this wednesday evening to head over to our website for more on any of those stores. if not, i'll be back again at the top of the hour with another rundown of all the lakes is thanks for watching. ah, ah, ah

. oh, well, it shows the wrong one. i just don't know. i mean, you have to figure out these days because the attitude and engagement equals the trail when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. ah ah.