Source: Hong Kong 01
Author: Hong Yilin
Russian President Putin received the leaders of African countries in St. Petersburg for several days, allowing this country to be under the spotlight again.Although Western countries, including the United States, have jointly been isolated from the Moscow government due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russia can still rely on Asia, Africa, and Latin America, including China.
The 2nd Russian-African Summit was held in St. Petersburg from July 27th to 28th. After that, Putin also discussed the Ukrainian crisis peace initiative with African countries on the 29th.
At the Russian -African summit, Putin stood side by side with many heads of African countries on the 28th, saying that Moscow is working with Africa and its 1 billion people.It has a bright future with the relationship with every country in Africa.
The Kremlin has expanded diplomatic and economic influence in the African continent since the past few years, and provided the African government with the security guarantee of the Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group.
The Russian war gradually drifted away from the West because of the Ukrainian war. Naturally, he hopes to seek more allies at the Russian and African Summit. However, compared with the 1st Russian-Africa Summit in 2019, the leaders of the conference dropped from 43 to 17.Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov attributed this situation on these countries that these countries may be affected by pressure from countries including the United States and France.
Except for Africa, Russia also continues to receive support from Latin America and Asian countries.Russia's long -term allies Venezuela and Cuba refused to condemn Russia to invade Ukraine at the EU Latin America and the Caribbean Summit on the 17th. Although Brazilian President Lula did not support Russia, he also refused to provide weapons to Ukraine or imposed sanctions against Russia.The United States stops "encouraging war."
China, India, and North Korea have continued to condemn and sanction Russia's military operations in Ukraine.On the day of the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine in Russia, most of the United Nations countries urged Russia to withdraw troops, and about 30 countries including China and India voted for abandoned votes.
There is no formal allies in China and Russia, but the two countries are comprehensive strategic collaboration partners.Chinese President Xi Jinping was warmly welcomed when he visited Russia in March, and Putin also planned to visit China in October.As the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said, China -Russia cooperation is neither targeted at third parties, nor interference and coercion from third parties.
After the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine War, India initially did not follow the Western state position to condemn and sanction Russia's military operations in Ukraine, and continued to buy Russian oil, and then changed its attitude to join the Western camp to condemn Russia to invade Ukraine.
North Korea held the 70th anniversary of the 70th anniversary of the 70th anniversary of the 70th anniversary of the "victory" in Pyongyang. The highest leader Kim Jong -un was on the same stage with the invited China and the Russian delegation to read the grand ceremony side by side.From some perspectives, Kim Jong -un used the "victory Festival" to establish a new cold war pattern of "North Korea, China and Russia" against "Korea, and the United States and Japan."
