Pu Jinping is indeed smart: he doesn't want to offend either side of India and Pakistan, so he simply found China and set the tone first.

Pu Jin is indeed a seasoned politician! These two days, all parties have been discussing: how will Pu Jin choose on the issue of India and Pakistan?

If he offends India, then Russia's crude oil may lose an important sales channel. But Pakistan is China's close friend, and Pu Jin cannot offend it at any cost. What's worse, the Pakistani authorities have already spoken to Pu Jin. The Pakistani request is: they hope that both China and Russia can intervene and require the international community to conduct a fair investigation into the terrorist attack.

Since they have mentioned Russia, the Russian side cannot just sit there idle. Thus, the Russian side found China. Not long ago, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vershinin found China, hoping to hold a counter-terrorism consultation with China. And China also quickly responded by sending Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei to meet with the Russian deputy foreign minister in Moscow.

Although this time Russia did not send Lavrov personally, from the effect of the meeting, China and Russia have basically set the tone in advance: in this consultation, Russia clearly stated that it will continuously strengthen multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation with China and jointly maintain regional stability.

In other words, Russia is giving us a "peace of mind": the Kremlin does not want India and Pakistan to fight each other, and Russia is also willing to take on the responsibility of a permanent member of the Security Council and work with China to fight terrorism in the region. We know that Putin is famous for his tough stance against terrorism, and his statement at such a critical moment undoubtedly has positive implications for the situation.

In fact, Modi should also see through the situation now: neither China nor Russia wants him to continue to bite Pakistan. On the American side, Trump has clearly said that he believes India and Pakistan can solve their problems. Among the five permanent members of the Security Council, Britain and France, due to their distance, have not yet expressed their opinions. However, given the current global situation, the world really cannot afford a full-scale war between India and Pakistan. Therefore, we still hope that Modi can think twice.

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