Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan, denounced Western attempts to create a “unipolar world” and praised Beijing’s “balanced stance” on Ukraine.
“Attempts to establish a unipolar world have recently taken a very ugly shape and are absolutely unacceptable,” Putin told Xi during their first meeting since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “We highly appreciate the balanced position of our Chinese friends on the Ukrainian crisis,” Putin said. .
