Russia and China said on Tuesday they opposed nuclear war amid tensions with the West, stressing that such a confrontation would only lead to losses, AFP reported.

Xi Jinping and Vladimir PutinPhoto: Sergey Karpukhin / AP / Profimedia

“The parties reiterate that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and that such a war should never be started,” Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping said in a joint statement signed Tuesday after talks in the Kremlin.

Putin claims that China’s peace plan can be the basis for ending the war

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the peace plan presented by China at the end of February could become the basis for ending the conflict in Ukraine, the BBC reports.

Many points of the “peaceful” plan for Ukraine, proposed by China, “correlate with the point of view” of Russia, Vladimir Putin said at a press conference with the leader of Beijing, Xi Jinping, following the results of new negotiations held on April 24. Tuesday, also writes The Guardian.

Putin said he and Xi “spent a lot of time” and “paid a lot of attention” to Beijing’s plan to end the conflict in Ukraine.

“We believe that many points of China’s peace plan correlate with the point of view of the Russian Federation, and many of these points can be accepted in the West and in Kyiv,” Putin said.

“Concerned” about the growth of NATO’s presence in Asia

Russia and China are “concerned” by NATO’s growing presence in Asia, according to a joint statement by the presidents of the two countries, signed on Tuesday after talks in the Kremlin between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, AFP reports.

“The (two) sides are very concerned about the growing strengthening of ties between NATO and the countries of the Asia-Pacific region in military and security matters,” Putin and Xi Jinping said, accusing the Atlantic alliance of “undermining regional peace and stability.” .

Moscow and Beijing “oppose the formation of exclusive closed blocs in the Asia-Pacific region,” they stressed, condemning “the negative impact of the American strategy guided by the Cold War mentality (…) on peace and stability in this region.” “.