Putin visits Xi as leaders celebrate ‘unprecedentedly’ strong relations
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, celebrating their strong bilateral relations. The leaders signed over 40 cooperation agreements, focusing on trade, technology, and energy. Both emphasized the importance of their partnership in addressing global challenges and condemned unilateral actions in international affairs.
- ▪Putin described Russia-China relations as being at an unprecedentedly high level.
- ▪The two leaders signed more than 40 agreements during their meeting.
- ▪China has become Russia's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade reaching $228 billion in 2025.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, with the two leaders hailing what Putin called an unprecedented level of relations. Putin received a red-carpet welcome at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, where Xi described the China-Russian relationship as a stabilizing force in a turbulent world and warned against what he called a return to the “law of the jungle” in international affairs. Putin went so far as to say Russia-China relations were at an “unprecedentedly high level.” Recommended Stories China’s Xi and Russia’s Putin talk energy, ‘law of jungle’ in summit in Beijing Poland offering US ‘firsthand experience’ to help transition Cuba from communism FIFA to ban pre-revolution Iranian flag from World Cup President Donald Trump…
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