On February 4, the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, we ushered in the long-awaited opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and also welcomed a number of old Chinese friends, the most notable of which was Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In the afternoon of the same day, the Chinese leader met with Putin at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. Eight years ago, Chinese leaders were invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics, and now Putin has traveled to Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics held by China.
With regard to Putin's trip to Beijing to attend the Olympic Ceremony as promised, the Chinese leader called the meeting with Putin the "Covenant of the Winter Olympics" and the "New Year Meeting.", and believed that this meeting will certainly inject new vitality into Sino-Russian relations.
During this meeting, the leaders of the two countries conducted frank and in-depth exchanges on a number of topics such as the global epidemic, China's relations, and the international situation.
Chinese leaders said that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges to countries around the world, but China and Russia have always adhered to their original intentions, actively participated in global affairs, practiced true multilateralism, and played a pivotal role in the international community. At the same time, the trade volume between China and Russia has reached a new high, and Sino-Russian relations have moved forward steadily. Under the new historical conditions, the high level of mutual trust in Sino-Russian relations will be transformed into various fields of cooperation and into the fruits of cooperation to benefit the two peoples.
The Chinese leader stressed that China and Russia will cooperate effectively in more areas, give full play to the political advantages of the two countries, boost the economy, fight the epidemic, cope with climate change, and safeguard international fairness and justice.
In addition, the Chinese leader also mentioned the docking and cooperation between China and Russia in the "Belt and Road" initiative, announced the launch of the China-Russia Sports and Cultural Exchange Year, and deepened the traditional friendship between the two countries.
Putin said that Russia is willing to deepen cooperation with China in energy, economy and trade, finance, science and technology, transportation and other aspects. In addition, Putin also wished China's Beijing Olympic Games a complete success, and wished the athletes of China and Russia the courage to achieve good results and win gold and silver.
When Western countries unleashed strong hostility toward the Beijing Winter Olympics, Putin was the first foreign leader to publicly state that he would attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which shows that "Sino-Russian relations have entered the highest level in history and are unprecedented" this sentence is not a false statement.
During this time, because of the Ukrainian problem, Putin was very busy. In the face of the serial killing moves of the United States and NATO, Putin calmly coped, saw the tricks and dismantled the moves, and took time to personally go to Beijing to participate in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. This shows that in his eyes, China has enough weight, and Sino-Russian relations have always been placed in an important position.
Although the Beijing Winter Olympics were secretly ruined by some Western countries, the scene of the Winter Olympics was still full of friends and guests, which was more brilliant than the Tokyo Olympic Games.
In addition to Putin, most of the world's senior officials and dignitaries from all over the world have to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, of which all the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries have come. It is worth mentioning that in this Winter Olympics, we also invited a special guest, Hong Xiuzhu, former chairman of the Kuomintang from Taiwan.
Hong Xiuzhu said that this is the second time that Chinese has held an Olympic event, and it is also the second time that she has visited Beijing to see the Olympic Games in person, and how honored she is to be invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics. It is hoped that the Olympic flame will shine on both sides of the strait, so that the two sides of the strait can eliminate differences, Taiwan will return to the motherland at an early date, and China will realize true reunification at an early date.