North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif flanked Chinese President Xi Jinping in a massive parade of military power in Beijing on Wednesday, limiting a week of diplomatic great diplomatic by the Chinese president and his allies against the West.
The event, apparently to mark 80 years since the end of World War II, was an opportunity for Xi to make an extravagance to show China’s military skill and bring together kind leaders to send a message to the rest of the world.
Beginning the parade, President XI warned that the world was still “faced with a peace or war option,” but said that China was “unstoppable.”
The huge and the huge intercontinental ballistic missile of China DF-5C, with a range of 20,000 kilometers, prominently counted among the tons of hardware on display.
State Pakistan radio He informed that the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, “was not invited to the parade” and that the presence of Prime Minister Shehbaz together with Xi, Putin and Kim highlighted the growing meaning of Pakistan in the region.
The strongly choreographed event caused an acid response from the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who accused the three leaders of consigning against the United States.
“Give my warmest greetings to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, while conspiring against the United States of America,” he wrote about Truth Social.
Military hardware
During the 90 -minute parade, XI inspected the troops and mass armament from a limousine open by the vast Chang’an de Beijing, before re -joining its guests in an area of seats on the iconic portrait of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen, the entrance door of the historical and historical city.
The huge collection of military vehicles and heavy weapons went through the dignitaries, while the images of thousands of military and women in immaculate uniforms marched in tight and soldiers who entered and left vehicles in a transmission of state media.
In addition to the intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMS), the new submarine drones and supersonic missiles were among the last teams on display.
Beijing residents took to the streets to take a look at a spectacular flypast that involves dozens of combat planes and helicopters, some doing a “80” formation.
Millions of Chinese were killed during a prolonged war with imperial Japan in the 1930s and 40s, which became part of a global conflict after Tokyo’s attack against Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Torbellino Week
All eyes were in how the trio of Xi, Putin and Kim, who rarely leaves North Korea secret, interacted with each other, but the transmission of state media only offered rare fragments of the three and foreign journalists remained at a distance and they were told not to film or photograph the leaders.
The event was the climax of one week whirlwind for XI, who organized a series of Euroasy leaders for a summit destined to place the front and center of China’s regional relations.
The 10 countries, called Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), is promoted as a non -western collaboration style in the region and seeks to be an alternative to traditional alliances.
During the Summit, XI criticized the “intimidation behavior” of certain countries, an evening reference to the United States, while Putin defended the Ukraine offensive of Russia, blaming the West for triggering the conflict.
Many of the guests of the Tianjin meeting, including Putin, Belaruso President Alexander Lukashenko and several other leaders, joined XI for the Beijing parade. However, no important Western dignitaries were among the two dozen world leaders in the event.
Political influence
The security around Beijing harden, with road closures, military personnel parked in bridges and corners, and miles on miles of white barriers that border the wide boulevards of the capital.
China has promoted the parade as a Unity show, and Kim’s assistance is the first time it is seen with Xi and Putin in the same event. It is only his second trip reported abroad in six years.
Kim was accompanied on the trip by his daughter Kim Ju AE, who was photographed arriving at the Beijing train station, and his sister Kim Yo Jong, who was photographed by AFP In a gala lunch.
Putin and Kim held conversations after today’s parade, during which the Russian president thanked Kim for the deployments of North Korean soldiers to help Russia in their conflict with Ukraine.
Lam Peng Er, principal researcher at the Eastern Asia Institute of the National University of Singapore, said that Kim’s visit “demonstrates the North Koreans and the world that has powerful Russian and Chinese friends who treat him with respect.”
“China also shows that it has the power and political influence to require Putin and Kim Jong a,” he told AFP.
