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<France 24 #041> Xi Jinping wants China and Russia to work together as 'great powers' - le 16 septembre 2022

   Today's article is about the summit meeting between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin from France 24 dated September 16, 2022.

 

French Original

Xi Jinping souhaite que la Chine et la Russie travaillent ensemble en tant que "grandes puissances"

 

En pleines tensions avec l'Occident, exacerbées par la guerre en Ukraine, les présidents chinois Xi Jinping et russe Vladimir Poutine se sont réunis, jeudi, à l'occasion d'un sommet de l'Organisation de coopération de Shanghaï organisé à Samarcande, durant lequel ils ont dénoncé les tentatives occidentales de créer un "monde unipolaire".

 

English Translation (powered by Google)

Xi Jinping wants China and Russia to work together as 'great powers'

 

In the midst of tensions with the West, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, Chinese Presidents Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Thursday at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization organized in Samarkand, during which they denounced Western attempts to create a "unipolar world".

 

Words & Phrases

<C>

créer: to create

<D>

dénoncé > dénoncer: to denounce

durant: during

<E>

exacerbées: to exacerbate

<G>

guerre: war

<J>

jeudi: Thursday

<L>

lequel: which

<M>

monde: world

<O>

Occident: Occident

occidentales > occidental: western

organisé > organiser: to organize

<P>

pleines > plein: full

polaire: polar

puissance: power

<R>

réunis > se réunir: to meet 

<S>

Samarcande: Samarkand

Shanghaï: Shanghai

sommet: summit

souhaite > souhaiter: to wish for

<T>

tant: so much

tentative: attempt

travaillent > travailler: to work