China And Russia Pledge ‘Changes Not Seen In 100 Years’
China’s President Xi Jinping traveled to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin on March 20.
While in Moscow, Xi said, “Right now there are changes the likes of which we haven’t seen for 100 years, and we are the ones driving these changes together”. Putin replied, “I agree”.
The two leaders discussed plans to deepen economic integration.
Both took aim at the hegemony of the US dollar, in particular.
“It is important that our national currencies are increasingly used in bilateral trade”, Putin said on March 21. “We should continue promoting settlements in national currencies, and expand the reciprocal presence of financial and banking structures in our countries’ markets”.