Russia China Visit Curtainraiser USAGM
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- Russia China Visit Curtainraiser USAGM
- March 20, 2023
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((TITLE: RUSSIA CHINA VISIT CURTAINRAISER HEADLINE: Putin Welcomes an Eager Chinese Leader TEASER: Russia and China need each other as sanctions over Ukraine bite both. PUBLISHED AT: Monday, 03/20/2023 at 8:45AM BYLINE: VOA Moscow bureau CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Moscow VIDEOGRAPHER: VOA Moscow bureau VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: LR, pcd VIDEO SOURCES: VOA Original, REUTERS PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO _x_ TRT: 2:31 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: ENGLISH NARRATION BY MARCUS HARTON)) ((INTRO)) [[ Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a three-day visit to Moscow on Monday ((UPDATE AS NEEDED)) meant to show his close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Both Russia and China are eager to cooperate as each country faces confrontations with the West. Marcus Harton narrates this report from the VOA Moscow Bureau.]] ((NARRATOR)) The centerpiece of this week’s visit by the Chinese president is Beijing's support for Moscow in its war against Ukraine, and the peace proposal that China has presented to both parties. Experts say the proposal is especially important for China. [[RADIO VERSION: That’s the view of Alexey Maslov, a professor at Moscow State University and a specialist on Russian Chinese relations.]] ((Alexey Maslov, Moscow State University - MALE IN RUSSIAN, ORIGINAL VOA)) “It is China itself that is most interested in it because the present situation is very unfavorable for it. Its economic ties are being disrupted: international trade, logistics, infrastructure. China is under a very serious pressure.” ((NARRATOR)) Both Beijing and Moscow have focused in recent weeks on the lifting of sanctions as a requirement to achieve peace in Ukraine, something that shows sanctions against Moscow are biting. Experts believe that China needs to get out of the current situation as much as Russia does. [[RADIO VERSION: Andrey Kortunov, is the Director, the Russian International Affairs Council, a Moscow think tank.]] ((Andrey Kortunov, Russian International Affairs Council - MALE IN RUSSIAN, ORIGINAL VOA)) “Both Russia and China are under sanctions pressure from the West. Russia might be affected by this pressure more than China but, nevertheless, it is also an issue for China.” ((NARRATOR)) On the table will also be the geopolitical confrontation of China and Russia against the West, and the support that Beijing can give to Moscow, especially now that the United States believes that China could supply Russia with weapons, something Russian experts say is unlikely. [[RADIO VERSION Andrey Kortunov, is the Director of the Russian International Affairs Council:]] ((Andrey Kortunov, Russian International Affairs Council - MALE IN RUSSIAN, ORIGINAL VOA)) “I think that Russia will hardly apply to China with such sort of requests. I do not believe there is a serious deficiency of weapons that can’t be replenished at the expense of the internal resources.” ((NARRATOR)) But relations between Moscow and Beijing are not perfect, and both are fighting for influence in Central Asia. Even so, having a common enemy weighs more, say observers. [[RADIO VERSION This is how Alexey Maslov explains it.]] ((Alexey Maslov, Moscow State University - MALE IN RUSSIAN, ORIGINAL VOA)) “There are certainly problematic issues between the countries: relations in the Central Asia region as well as the approach dealing with the development of the Far East resources. But both Russia and China learned how to forget about them since there are more significant objectives.” ((NARRATOR)) This visit by the Chinese leader will serve as a measure of how much these issues really weigh compared the isolation and economic hit that both nations are taking as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. ((FOR THE VOA MOSCOW BUREAU, MARCUS HARTON, VOA NEWS.))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((TITLE: RUSSIA CHINA VISIT CURTAINRAISER HEADLINE: Putin Welcomes an Eager Chinese Leader TEASER: Russia and China need each other as sanctions over Ukraine bite both. PUBLISHED AT: Monday, 03/20/2023 at 8:45AM BYLINE: VOA Moscow bureau CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Moscow VIDEOGRAPHER: VOA Moscow bureau VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: LR, pcd VIDEO SOURCES: VOA Original, REUTERS PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO _x_ TRT: 2:31 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: ENGLISH NARRATION BY MARCUS HARTON)) ((INTRO)) [[ Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a three-day visit to Moscow on Monday ((UPDATE AS NEEDED)) meant to show his close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Both Russia and China are eager to cooperate as each country faces confrontations with the West. Marcus Harton narrates this report from the VOA Moscow Bureau.]] ((NARRATOR)) The centerpiece of this week’s visit by the Chinese president is Beijing's support for Moscow in its war against Ukraine, and the peace proposal that China has presented to both parties. Experts say the proposal is especially important for China. [[RADIO VERSION: That’s the view of Alexey Maslov, a professor at Moscow State University and a specialist on Russian Chinese relations.]] ((Alexey Maslov, Moscow State University - MALE IN RUSSIAN, ORIGINAL VOA)) “It is China itself that is most interested in it because the present situation is very unfavorable for it. Its economic ties are being disrupted: international trade, logistics, infrastructure. China is under a very serious pressure.” ((NARRATOR)) Both Beijing and Moscow have focused in recent weeks on the lifting of sanctions as a requirement to achieve peace in Ukraine, something that shows sanctions against Moscow are biting. Experts believe that China needs to get out of the current situation as much as Russia does. [[RADIO VERSION: Andrey Kortunov, is the Director, the Russian International Affairs Council, a Moscow think tank.]] ((Andrey Kortunov, Russian International Affairs Council - MALE IN RUSSIAN, ORIGINAL VOA)) “Both Russia and China are under sanctions pressure from the West. Russia might be affected by this pressure more than China but, nevertheless, it is also an issue for China.” ((NARRATOR)) On the table will also be the geopolitical confrontation of China and Russia against the West, and the support that Beijing can give to Moscow, especially now that the United States believes that China could supply Russia with weapons, something Russian experts say is unlikely. [[RADIO VERSION Andrey Kortunov, is the Director of the Russian International Affairs Council:]] ((Andrey Kortunov, Russian International Affairs Council - MALE IN RUSSIAN, ORIGINAL VOA)) “I think that Russia will hardly apply to China with such sort of requests. I do not believe there is a serious deficiency of weapons that can’t be replenished at the expense of the internal resources.” ((NARRATOR)) But relations between Moscow and Beijing are not perfect, and both are fighting for influence in Central Asia. Even so, having a common enemy weighs more, say observers. [[RADIO VERSION This is how Alexey Maslov explains it.]] ((Alexey Maslov, Moscow State University - MALE IN RUSSIAN, ORIGINAL VOA)) “There are certainly problematic issues between the countries: relations in the Central Asia region as well as the approach dealing with the development of the Far East resources. But both Russia and China learned how to forget about them since there are more significant objectives.” ((NARRATOR)) This visit by the Chinese leader will serve as a measure of how much these issues really weigh compared the isolation and economic hit that both nations are taking as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. ((FOR THE VOA MOSCOW BUREAU, MARCUS HARTON, VOA NEWS.))
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