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Given China’s recent differences with Russia, is a turning point in sight for the Ukraine war?

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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi meeting in Moscow, on Feb 22.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi meeting in Moscow, on Feb 22.

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- The Russian government has denied rumours of differences between Moscow and Beijing over the handling of the Ukraine war.

After a Monday phone call between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, a Russian Foreign Ministry statement hailed the discussion as confirmation that “Moscow and Beijing have identical or largely concurring approaches towards international affairs”.

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