Congressman Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) says Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s latest meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, is a sign the two leaders are bringing their countries together into an axis of authoritarian nations.
Putin greeted Xi at a meeting in Moscow on Monday. Xi’s Russia visit, which is set to run through to Thursday, is his first visit to Russia since Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described Xi’s visit to Russia as an effort to promote a peaceful end to the ongoing fighting in Ukraine. But Waltz said Xi’s visit will actually serve a longer-term goal of solidifying a partnership and power alignment between Russia and China….