CNN —Beijing’s ties with Moscow are “solid as a rock,” China’s top diplomat Wang Yi said during his visit to Russia days before the one-year anniversary of President Vladimir Putin’s bloody invasion of Ukraine. “Sino-Russian relations are mature and solid as a rock, and will withstand the test of the changing international situation,” Wang was quoted as saying by Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik. Wang and Patrushev also “exchanged their opinions” on the issue of Ukraine, the statement added, without offering details. Wang’s high profile visit is widely believed to be a precursor to a meeting between Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. On Tuesday, China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang reiterated Beijing’s messaging on Ukraine at a security forum in the Chinese capital.
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