Cover image: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter a hall for their talks at the Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday March 21, 2023. Sergei Karpukhin / AP
- The Chinese plan has elements that can “to serve as a basis for a peaceful settlement [du conflit], when they are ready for it in the West and in kyiv. However, we do not currently observe such a disposition on their side.said Vladimir Putin.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Tuesday that he has ” guest “ China to dialogueet “wait for a response” at his invitation, when his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, is in Moscow to maintain his alliance with Vladimir Putin.
- Mr. Zelensky received the Japanese Prime Ministerin whom he hailed a “powerful defender of the international order”. Fumio Kishida had earlier visited Boutcha, near kyiv, where Russian soldiers committed atrocities when they occupied the city. He expressed his « indignation ».
- Russia became China’s top crude oil supplier in January, reports Reuters, citing official Chinese figures. In 2022, it ranked second behind Saudi Arabia.
- Russian crude oil production, cut by 500,000 barrels a day last month in retaliation for international sanctions, will remain unchanged until the end of Juneannounced Alexander Novak, Russian Minister of Energy.
- The United States inaugurated its first permanent military garrison in Poland. “It shows that we are here to stay. This tells the world that the United States is committed to Poland and to NATO. We are united in the face of Russian aggression”said the American ambassador in Poland, Mark Brzezinski.
- The European Union paid 1.5 billion euros to Ukraine under the second tranche of the financial aid plan adopted in 2022, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday.
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