Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping begin talks in Beijing
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have kicked off bilteral talks in the Chinese capital Beijing ahead of a massive military parade in the city marking the end of World War Two.
Putin hailed relations between both countries, saying they were on an “unprecendeted level”, adding that their “close communication reflects the strategic nature of Russian-Chinese ties.”
“We were always together then, and we remain together now,” Putin told Xi in remarks on a pooled live feed.