Moscow and Beijing could soon begin working arm in arm to dismantle the existing status quo of liberal democracy, following a recent declaration from Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the EU’s top diplomat has claimed amid a growing standoff between East and West.
Speaking to reporters in the US on Tuesday, High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell set out his view on the increased partnership between Beijing and Moscow that has seen the two leaders release a joint call for an end to NATO expansion and for the West to dispense with its “Cold War” mentality.
“A joint statement between China and Russia, which has not been very well perceived [by the West] because everybody was looking to Ukraine, may be the foundation stone of a big alliance of two authoritarian regimes,” he weighed in.
According to Borrell, the battle between ‘democracies’ and ‘repressive states’ is still very much waging today and “is going to be the big fight of the century.”