Less than three days ago, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, heard his counterpart from Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, by telephone, as reported by the Russian agency “RIA Novosti”. According to the Kremlin press office, the presidents of the two countries discussed priority measures to ensure the dynamics of trade and the implementation of joint cooperation projects.
“Special attention was paid to the issue of effective use of the site of the international industrial exhibition Innoprom, which will be held at the end of April this year in the city of Tashkent, to promote practical interaction at the level of companies and regions of two Villages.”
And negotiations between China and Russia continued. Moscow Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang today at a meeting organized in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on the sidelines of the Ministerial Conference of Afghanistan’s Neighboring Countries.
“Our relations demonstrate resilience, in the current context the frequency of our meetings is justified. It is important for us to synchronize the clock”, said Lavrov during the meeting, in a clear reference to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, about which Beijing officially maintains a neutral position. In Uzbekistan, the two ministers also met with colleagues from neighboring countries to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
All of this comes as tension between Moscow and the US soars following the disclosure on Telegram channels and Twitter profiles of secret plans by the US and NATO to support Ukraine in the counter-offensive against Russia expected “soon”, as repeated for Kiev days.
The Pentagon is now investigating to identify those responsible for such a serious leak and, from the first analyses, the hypothesis has been raised that Moscow may be behind it. In fact, the documents appear to have been modified before they were published, inflating estimates of Ukrainian soldiers who died in the war and reducing the number of Russian soldiers. Kiev downplays what may have been a Russian intelligence move.
Source: IL Tempo

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