{"id":1271918,"date":"2022-02-04T12:08:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T17:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1271918"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:22:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T22:22:53","slug":"xi-jinping-putin-meet-at-olympic-games-release-joint-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinping-putin-meet-at-olympic-games-release-joint-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi Jinping, Putin Meet At Olympic Games, Release Joint Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fxi-jinping-putin-meet-at-olympic-games-release-joint-statement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1271918&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AB94428C-7215-4AE5-9006-3CF733CD56A1_1_201_a-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in person as the Beijing Winter Games began.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The pair issued a joint <a href=\"http:\/\/en.kremlin.ru\/supplement\/5770\"><span class=\"s1\">statement<\/span><\/a>, referring to the two nations as \u201cthe sides\u201d in the document.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">They referred to criticism over human rights abuses, stating they \u201cbelieve that the&nbsp;advocacy of&nbsp;democracy and&nbsp;human rights must not be used to&nbsp;put pressure on&nbsp;other countries. They oppose the&nbsp;abuse of&nbsp;democratic values and&nbsp;interference in&nbsp;the&nbsp;internal affairs of&nbsp;sovereign states under the&nbsp;pretext of&nbsp;protecting democracy and&nbsp;human rights, and&nbsp;any attempts to&nbsp;incite divisions and&nbsp;confrontation in&nbsp;the&nbsp;world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">They called \u201con&nbsp;the&nbsp;international community to&nbsp;respect cultural and&nbsp;civilizational diversity and&nbsp;the&nbsp;rights of&nbsp;peoples of&nbsp;different countries to&nbsp;self-determination. They stand ready to&nbsp;work together with all the&nbsp;interested partners to&nbsp;promote genuine democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a rebuff of countries that have spoken out against China in anticipation of the Olympic Games being held in a country where human rights abuse and genocide is taking place, the statement added, \u201cThe&nbsp;Russian side supports a&nbsp;successful hosting by&nbsp;the&nbsp;Chinese side of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Winter Olympic and&nbsp;Paralympic Games in&nbsp;Beijing in&nbsp;<span class=\"s2\">2022<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe&nbsp;sides highly appreciate the&nbsp;level of&nbsp;bilateral cooperation in&nbsp;sports and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Olympic movement and&nbsp;express their readiness to&nbsp;contribute to&nbsp;its further progressive development,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>They called out the United States for various actions, noting, that they \u201care seriously concerned about the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom (AUKUS), which provides for deeper cooperation between its members in areas involving strategic stability, in particular their decision to initiate cooperation in the field of nuclear-powered submarines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">They also discussed their \u201cstrong mutual support for the protection of their core interests, state sovereignty and territorial integrity, and oppose interference by external forces in their internal affairs,\u201d adding that Russia \u201creaffirms its support for the One-China principle, confirms that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and opposes any forms of independence of Taiwan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">They also said they \u201coppose further enlargement of&nbsp;NATO\u201d and&nbsp;call on&nbsp;the&nbsp;group \u201cto&nbsp;abandon its ideologized cold war approaches, to&nbsp;respect the&nbsp;sovereignty, security and&nbsp;interests of&nbsp;other countries, the&nbsp;diversity of&nbsp;their civilizational, cultural and&nbsp;historical backgrounds, and&nbsp;to&nbsp;exercise a&nbsp;fair and&nbsp;objective attitude towards the&nbsp;peaceful development of&nbsp;other States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/02\/04\/ukraine-russia-china-putin-xi\/\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> that Xi said China and Russia \u201cfirmly support each other in safeguarding their core interests,\u201d per a summary of the gathering by China\u2019s state news agency Xinhua.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAdding deeds to the words, Putin announced a&nbsp;<span class=\"s3\">deal<\/span>&nbsp;to supply China with more gas via a new pipeline,\u201d the Post added.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/russias-vladimir-putin-meets-with-chinese-leader-xi-jinping-in-beijing-11643966743\">reported<\/a> that China didn\u2019t put out the joint statement right away, but Chinese state media showed comments by Xi after the two met. Xi reportedly \u201csaid that the two countries support the safeguarding of each other\u2019s core interests and that their strategic decisions would have global influence, according to a separate statement by the official Xinhua News Agency. Xinhua referenced the joint statement but made no mention of NATO,\u201d the Journal noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am willing to work with President Vladimir Putin to plan a blueprint and guide the direction of Sino-Russian relations under new historical conditions,\u201d Xi said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In December, the Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Games, but American athletes are still participating.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, given the PRC\u2019s ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity,\u201d White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-nba-is-up-to-its-neck-in-china-legendary-announcer-bob-costas-goes-after-ioc-nba\"><span class=\"s1\">told<\/span><\/a> reporters at the time, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-chooses-uyghur-athlete-for-olympic-ceremony-amid-ongoing-genocide-fading-interest-in-games\"><span class=\"s1\">The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi received widespread criticism after she told U.S. athletes not to speak out against the Chinese government at the Games.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI would say to our athletes \u2014 you are there to compete,\u201d Pelosi said in part in testimony before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. \u201cDo not risk incurring the anger of the Chinese government because they are ruthless. I know there is a temptation on the part of some to speak out while they are there, I respect that. But, I also worry about what the Chinese government might do to their reputations, to their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Friday, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pelosi-again-tells-u-s-athletes-to-not-speak-out-against-communist-china-as-she-faces-backlash\"><span class=\"s1\">reiterated<\/span><\/a> her remarks, saying in part, \u201cAs I say, as I wish the athletes well, I do not encourage them to speak out against the Chinese government there because I fear for their safety if they do.\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in person as the Beijing Winter Games began.\u00a0The pair issued a joint statement, referring to the two nations &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1271918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1271918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1271918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1271918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1271918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}