[000:00:00;00] ah ah, top headlines right now here we're not the international president gigi things. trip to moscow directly after his re election is an indication that of russia china relations have entered a new era. that is the message from the russian prime minister. during his tuesday meeting with china's, with the u. k says it will supply ukraine with depleted uranium ammunition, despite the devastating health effects the alma piercing grounds, of course, to civilians in the prime minister of palestine slams. israel for being

driven by an extreme racist policy. this comes just off that one of his rails cope . official said there is no nation of palestine. and the former usaa basset us as sanctions against russia, can be lifted only if the president, putin hands himself into western authorities. this, as many officials across the world have already agreed, the sanctions of largely failed with some saying the days were living through right now of the days that history books will remember. but sadly, the western political establishment is ringing. the alarm bells day to, to day of the chinese president's visit right here to moscow for multi polar, well discussions with vladimir putin. ah

and so the chinese president gigi thing arrived at the kremlin, roughly about an hour or so ago to meet with the russian president vladimir putin. right now. the leaders and their delegations are holding talks from both sides. now, before the start of the talks, vladimir putin, angie aging thing shook hands and listen to each other's national anthems. a big ceremony downtown, at the kremlin, a russian chinese relations to have successfully overcome many difficulties over the years. and that defined the logic of choosing moscow as the 1st place to visit after the presidential election. that is, according to the chinese liter, lovin now to our senior correspondent who was there at the welcome ceremony. ah, members of the press, predominantly chinese press and russian press, have been split into little groups with all over the kremlin, in the corridors, and in the halls awaiting the statement from the president's. the leaders of china

and russia. she jumping and vladimir putin. a lot people here believe the journalists, we've talked to, i believe a lot hinges on what they will have to say. we've heard many good things of the course, the last 2 days about a new era, about a new chapter in russians inside russian relations. we've also heard that relations now are better than at any time in history better than they have been in centuries and centuries. that russia and china want a forge. i'm m breakable bond, both economic and political. earlier, the chinese president was speaking with a russian prime minister with both officials emphasizing that. the close relationship between the 2 countries follows logically from that deep historical times. sanchez, 10 years ago after my 1st selection to the post of chairman, my 1st foreign 3 boss to russia. i clearly remember this visit and it remains in my memory. the fact that i chose ros shows my thirst for him was

a tough to be real actors is completely consistent with historical logic because our countries are the largest neighbors and comprehensive strategic partners. our relationship has gone through many trials over the years and has grown stronger day by day rosner, despite the unfavourable external situation. turbulence in global markets, increasing sanctions from the collective west trade and economic cooperation between russia and china is developing successfully. last year. our trade has increased by almost a 3rd and approached a $190000000000.00. i am convinced that this year we will fulfill the tasks set by you and president putin, to bring our mutual trade to $200000000000.00. the director of the you studies sent had ran when university says that china and russia can become a model of 2 powerful states promoting peace and stability around the world tongue under russia and pendant countries. the 5 member of the united nation is for the

council. our relations cannot be hijacked by any other 3rd party or emergent the hot spot in the ukraine. and the secondary. we supporters us that the system, including of course to integrate in a sovereignty which all the countries at any cases should be respect, turned on. and russia has lots of, you know, seem to talk to guarantee their un ceased in the post of what it was international order, not otherwise the us and europe in a now with a new base internet in order to be re omni, depend, germany as put into danger, and even until now 2nd to be i think in time that russia we are, as i mentioned is a model of the new type of population. so they're not allies, mostly confrontation, not talking to any sort of party. this is a very crucial model as the ordinary now breaks and also a chinese and russian leaders present each other respect each other. so under the strong to stay with the president put in the president. i see the chinese beam,

the russians been we have the synergies. so i think that's the hope for the model. paula walked on the 7th and resisting in international relations. now as many analysts continue to say, president sheets that are moscow testifies to the robust friendship and the strategic partnership between the 2 countries. however, western powers of long fear, the alliance, and now concern with the strengthening of the russia china bond. well, let's take this further now across life to our guest, benjamin child, who's a professor at the center for china and globalization, alex report of fi, a blogger, and political analysts. and alessandra bruno an independent political analyst. all 3 of your gentlemen a very warm welcome to this live program from moscow. a pleasure to have the one with us, especially during such important geo political times in the world. all of you, a variable. welcome alexander, bruno. if i can start with you please. the western media outlets have been criticizing the chinese leaders visit to moscow some describing the deepening ties

between russia and china as the west's worst nightmare, very strong words alessandro. what do you think about that? well, i don't know about the westwards nightmare, but i have been thinking about what could happen from this trip. and i think, given the reaction of the west to the ukraine conflict, whereas where they brought in all the major organization. but nato, the european union, and a few others. i think this could be a stepping stone to not only an economic not alliance, but a more political, the military alliance in combining the characteristics of major and the you. with china and a handful of other states. i believe the world is, is changing, it's had enough of the, let's call it from what it is western oregon. and we'll start to form their own

alliances in response to the deployment of western alliances, such as may though the existence of which still defies any logic because the better lines are supposed to fight communism and protecting was from the ideological spread and military spread. and it was countered by the war, so fact it was probably mantle. and i think that one of the things, perhaps, that in russia be regret most so i do think this could be the beginning of a resurgence of something along the lines of words. so fact, but this time involving moscow looks to the rather than to do it when they say, but it seems like something that many countries these days are looking more towards the east or even the global south. whether it be s c o asked or the bricks as well . alex, i wanted to come to you because, you know,

try china and come to moscow with a potential piece proposal for the corporate in ukraine. a john kirby of us national security council, formerly of the us state department, john kirby saying washington is not interested about a possible seas far in ukraine, particularly if it's mediated by china. alex, why wouldn't washington be against ending the conflict? well, washington has their own role in this whole events that are taking part in the world . we've seen the collapse of their financial system over the last couple of weeks here. that truly shows you the power that washington really has nowadays, which is not much they're used to ripping up agreements. they're into that apparently. and they're up to really know good. on the international, worldwide, i would say diplomacy levels. let's look at what united states has done in the last year here. they have work, say it through proxy funded a ukraine to continue to push back russia. now, how are they funding it?

they're funding it through the military industrial complex, which is one of the largest things in their annual budget every year in the united states. that's the 1st one. the other one is they just can't seem to grasp that they're better back build program that was brought in by the by the administration has fallen on deaf ears while the u. s. is scrambling. china is now gain partners one by one with their belt road initiative. and through the belt road initiative, investing in other countries, they are once again building a relationship, not is what the world is up against. and i think it's, it's quite challenging for the us. you talk about this modern day, phil gro, essentially that's what it is. and all these different countries are going to be doing this trade, whether by see buy, land by air, and it's going to be essentially national currency. so i know you make a very good point, alex, which i'll take over to, to benjamin child now, because how do you think, benjamin, that the members of the bricks group of nations and i also african state to how do you think they perceive the beijing proposed a piece plan for you,

cried obviously western partners, a screaming, know and saying in setting off alarm, bells, your thoughts, benjamin i think these are the rising powers and global participants, and we need to be concerned about digital the needs. now we are seeing up trends. well, those, this portray can, and there is this can lead by the us that is showing a clear trend of equalization, which could turn back because it was worth a trade, an interest more segregated. and we're always becoming a moisture we're gain. no people for cops and we understand that, but it is quite unreasonable that the us now is open the asking people to reach at any piece plans on ukraine as you raised at these there are currently at what do you african country leaders here in multiple seeking collaboration,

yet we are seeing and other can be the exclusive cops in the name of democracy for the course least. send it recently and you guys has endorsed to fall. what about 2 point old such exclusive called intrude? 5 eyes at one point that has interfered with the internet pairs of other countries in the name of promoting democracy. i'm sorry, we keep hearing this, don't we though we keep hearing this benjamin, that the promotion of democracy, that promotion of democracy as far as some are concerned, has become a dirty word. these days is a bit of a smoke screen to get whatever form of foreign policy achieved. you need allison to let me ask you about this. i mean, we've talked a lot about emerging multi polar. well, do you think, alessandra, we can drop the word, emerging imaging and democracy please? let's start with the democracy is a, is an idealistic concept and i don't think we've ever really achieved it. it's,

it's a great aim. it's a great target it's, it's a bit like communism it was a target and an idea listed one. but the past of this democracy is quite tortuous. i think in the west we had perhaps the, the peak of i'm, we were the closest to this in the cold war period between 1945 and 975. when in many european countries, there was such fear of communism versus many governments, while a liberal and capitalistic adopted policies to temper the but the worst effects of capitalism. so they had amazing social welfare education for all of people were taking vacations, even with the lowest salary. that was the period in the west of florida. we are now in a period of complete decadence. and in fact,

in order to understand what's going on around me these days, i'm reading books about the collapse of the roman empire and the last day the wrong way. because this is how it seems to me and that the west actions now rejecting ideas for peace, rejecting ideas for cooperation, and looking at the root comp, the root reasons for conflicts which could have been avoided from the by precisely understanding both sides of the situation. alessandra, this is what china and russia kim sort. i do apologize for jumping about trying to keep talking about new mutual respect, peace and prosperity. everyone being on an equal playing field, so to speak. i mean, alex, if i can come to you right now, i mean, it looks like a russia and china, a 2 of the leading members of the bricks, for example. but ushering in this new multi polar world. i mean, can i ask you, alex, wouldn't it make sense or, or perhaps, would you think, perhaps with russia in china, leading bricks and these other coagulation of strategic partnerships? shouldn't the world be looking forward to

a more peaceful and prosperous future they should. but you know, well, chinese building bridges, america continues to build bases, and they think through intimidation, to intimidate other countries, to do business with them. used to be their policy, their game plan, but that is no longer working any more. the curtains have been drawn back. they're heavily exposed, everyone knows what they're all about and their knows what their intentions are doing. business with american nowadays can come with some risk. and that's some countries that are not willing to do that. imagine this china rolls into town and says, listen, you need infrastructure, we can provide that, you need a logistical change. we can provide that you need financing. we can provide that as well. and we're not going to blow your country up or take it from you. this is the problem, america is running out of countries to invade, and people and other nations around the world have woke up to this. and now they're starting to see a china coming forward, a china emerging,

a china doing piece deal. can you imagine that an amazing piece deal that was brokered last week, and i think that's what we're trying to see. possibly here in moscow is a wait to an end of this ukraine situation. i'll pass it back to you. i alex report . if i a blogger, and political analysts, benjamin child from the center of china and globalization, and of course alex under bruno independent, political analyst, gentlemen, all of you. thank you very much, we appreciate your time. thank you. thank. thank. thank you. i thank you for joining us. here on archie international, we're going to cross live now to the russian president vladimir putin and comments coming to us from the kremlin. and of course the chinese president gigi and jason's way, we'll look into practical aspects of our a corporation in various fields in detail. i would like to remind you of that last december during talks via video link with the president sheet and pain. we agreed to think about the new goals of our a corporation and interaction,

and not only in quantity but also in quality. and the outcome of that agreement was the preparation, the drafting of 2 important conceptual documents, i mean join statement and depending russian chinese correlations and comprehensive partnership and strategic corporation that is entering the new era blend year and also the joint statement on the develop and of the key with areas of rock on a chinese corporation up until $20.00 to $30.00 of these to drop documents will sat for the government send, public can civic circle of our country's new prospects. it will help us to come up with a long term goals to support their full field. the goals that both our countries space issue in our development. the coordinated role in implementing, based on bishop goal, will be played by the mechanism of regular context between had all the governments

in which agenda is going to cover all the areas of the corporation between russia and china. despite the consequences, solve the pandemic and the sanctions branch for the trade and 2020 to reach a historic milestone of $185000000000.00 that used to get to what i see it is expected that the us here rush in china will not only reach the 200000000000 milestone something we have agreed with our friends previously few years ago, but we will even overcome this threshold. let us know. like i said, the trade has increased used to live by more than 30 percent additional, but its capacity to tap into the potential of our economy will help us if we emerge the potential of duration economic union and the chinese initiative for one road, one belt in investments area,

we have come up with the large scale portfolio of bilateral and joint projects worth of some $165000000000.00 shoot sky. we also expand our corporation in energy, stafford, russia, the strategic supplier of oil and natural gas to china. including liquefied natural gas up call up energy to be at the construction of the nuclear power side is also going on schedules. and we want to satisfy the growing demand in energy from china within the current you projects. and also within the projects that are now being so quickly negotiated, that total amount of the supplies for 2030 of gas will be held and then will be 98000000000 cubic meters. and 100000000 tons of the liquefied natural gas.

and we just talked about this new gas pipeline, but of course of siberia to vine, mongolia. almost everything within this agreement has been agreed upon. and it is going to add 15 cubic 1000000000 cubic meter and substantial gas of stable, reliable supplied from russia. and it is important that in bilateral trade we use more and more often the national occurrences. we should encourage this practice further. and we should expand that presence of our financial and banking organizations and the markets of our countries, like i said before, to 3rd. so the trade turnover between our countries is now being made in rebels and you and if you, we have stand for using chinese, you and, and settlement between the garage and federation and the come 3. so asia, africa, latin america, i'm confident that these types of settlements will continue to develop between the

russian partners and their counterparts from the 3rd countries. and we also deepening the industrial corporation. there is a good experience of cooperating in a civilian era crowded construction, but just read it is the automobile industry we're rated to support the chinese b as a business man and entrepreneurs if they want to replace those western companies that we threw from our market. what else? expanding our great cultural corporation. we have increased our reforming that she produce experts by 41 point one percent and had reached $7000000000.00. some of the growth was promotionally mean, it just came from both sides. and it's the relevant, the agencies and departments work on improving the quality of the produce with supply to improve the access to who'd from both sides of all of

a. it's allow us to expect the further growth of our expert grow, the chinese market because there is a demand and increasing security from both of our countries pitching in like an hour. a technological sovereignty is also an important subject matter. we suggest switching to put in solutions to follow the power of the st. louis, but the newest, improving the strategic partnership ties. we combine our reach research potential and industrial capacity rush and china can become global leaders and information technology and cybersecurity and in artificial intelligence. when they 1st vacation of our corporation, the 1st of all in trade and an investment will even be personally hated by the growing ties, but on the interregional level. because china is becoming our main partner in the

development of the far east now and the territory of advance development investments from china are implementing $52.00 projects of total worth off $10800000000.00 a. he was really that he's in total 3, but a thread, $350.00 to $66.00 partnership koppel is between the regents of russia and china and $135.00 at the inter regional level and $231.00 of them at the level of municipalities, $59.00 region. so russia have ties with the region. so the chinese people, as republic, they have agreements, some 100. the municipalities have partners and twin cities in china. but we are improving transport and supply chains, new infrastructure. we are connected by a long land based mortar. it's so it is

a priority for us to develop railways and modern ways to china and to europe. and back by the russian territory was to satisfy the demand in the cargo shipment and passenger after lows, legation hit. we have launched, there was name was a bray over the amana river and another one late from november security. these bridges will allow us to decrease at that the costs of moving cargo between russia and china to expand the geography of trade and to increase the volume of transit with a task counts raised. as we said, promising cooperating with the chinese partners in exploring the transit potential or the north and series. like i said before, we are ready to establish joined and working body to develop the north and secret santa who is supposed to be speech,

operate the pandemic. the terrorist and the youth exchanges are again active context in culture or in science. and education are also reinvigorated relating to $6500.00 thrashing students, went to chinese university, is, can, the, and $1600.00 out of them were in china. others were studying remotely. and in russia, we had more than 36000 students from china oper with restrictions for lifted. we expect to see many more students from both countries and considering the cross cultural here is we have land more than 100 events. and the bilateral sport ties are especially important under the current circumstances, because the big movement is becoming more and more politicized. and the western countries are trying to use sport as israel til of pressure of exerting pressure. we support the work on

a stablish mentor on the relevance boarding association within this chunk guy corporation organization, which i'm convinced that our multilateral mutually beneficial cooperation will continue to strengthen and to develop for the good of the people is a power countries. and now with the, as my pleasure to give the floor to our gast into our friend president she and been the chairman of the chinese people as republic, cinder with his uncle to process as a courtesy yachting law. follow us. once again, i'd like to use this opportunity to thank you for you in notation, to visit russia to advise you should go on board jim kong, but the russian chinese relationships have been growing on what healthily and

steadily beach all political nitro understanding is deepening with our 2 countries, ching mall and cooperation. lee and trade invest analytics culture implemented sharon's fear is developing steadily she teaching on the inside. so can by char virginia shall be g. yesterday, during our informal meeting during our chicago haitians, with prime minister miss justin on the interior and our narrow form at meetings changed opinions upon the clever polish chief with the whole new key matters of our corporation. also a broadening our corporation for mercy short for a share. g with la. those are chem and his lee. we have achieved a significant putting multiple results for cotton doll and outlined ways for future

cooperation. ginia, is it going to lucian, mention arched without changing the hydrogen year 2023, all much young child, clark o. j. in china. seem filing good. we're going to don't accelerate the forming of the new architect tonics, main attention life quality development, shanella and expanding chinese modernization, verifying that fiji arlene, selling and sharing call. yeah. father, feel we have outlined national development projects for 2013. we're going to work on coordination of interaction that are going to receive better results from practical cooperation shows. are you got mr. president? say show me enquiries you together with you. i thought so. i am ready to outline the plan for the development of our bilateral goods. find the final actual

corporation and practical cooperation in the interests of prosperity of china and russia. as, as the end of my introductory speech, we just had lots of signal there though it was a live transmission coming from downtown moscow at the company that some of the very latest comments that coming from the russian president vladimir putin. and of course is chinese about gigi and bring a lot of comments being made. we will give you all the highlights when we return shortly. on the february, the 1st 2000 or 3 at the un security council meeting u. s. secretary of state colin powell showed a vile allegedly containing anthrax spores from iraq eventually contained laundry detergent, march 20th,

2003. the u. s. army and its allies invaded iraq. april 9th, 2003. the u. s. army and coalition forces entered baghdad and tore down the statue of saddam hussein in fear door square. lay the 1st 2003 u. s. president george bush declared victory in the iraq war. december, the 30th 2006. saddam hussein was executed december. the 15th 2011, a ceremony was held in baghdad to mark the end of the u. s. military mission. in reality, the u. s. army is still in iraq. but they still here. she is. see him was near it, nist, a squatter omen. my mom was saying a student from iraq came to russia in 2015. he studying at kasan university. his