Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a video conference where they discussed expanding their strategic partnership. Both leaders emphasized the strong and growing ties between their nations, viewing them as a force for stability in an increasingly multipolar world.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday (Jan 21) in which he proposed further developing their strategic partnership. This comes just hours after China and Russia declared a 'no limits' partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing, days before he sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Putin has also recently described China as an 'ally'.
Speaking from his Novo-Ogarevo residency outside Moscow, Putin greeted Xi and addressed him as his 'dear friend', stating his desire to outline 'new plans for the development of the Russian-Chinese comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation'. 'I agree with you that cooperation between Moscow and Beijing is based on a broad commonality of national interests and a convergence of views on what relations between major powers should be,' Putin told Xi, according to a Kremlin video of the meeting. 'We build our ties on the basis of friendship, mutual trust and support, equality and mutual benefit. These connections are self-sufficient, independent of domestic political factors and the current global situation.' Xi also addressed Putin as his 'dear friend' and said relations were growing in strength and that he hoped ties would reach new heights, according to a live Russian translation of Xi's words. Russia, engaged in a war against NATO-supplied Ukrainian forces, and China, facing pressure from a concerted US effort to counter its growing military and economic strength, have increasingly found common geopolitical ground. Putin and Xi share a broad worldview, viewing the West as decadent and in decline, particularly as China challenges US supremacy in various fields, from quantum computing and synthetic biology to espionage and hard military power. 'We jointly advocate building a more just multi-polar world order, and we are working in the interests of ensuring indivisible security in the Eurasian space and in the world as a whole,' Putin said. 'It is safe to say that foreign policy relations and joint work between Russia and China objectively play an important stabilising role in international affairs.' The US considers China its biggest competitor and Russia its biggest nation-state threat. Former US President Joe Biden has stated that the world's democracies face a challenge from 'autocracies' such as China and Russia. Putin highlighted China as Russia's main trading partner, with trade reaching US$245 billion in 2024, according to Chinese statistics. Russia ranks as China's fifth largest trading partner. China is the largest consumer of Russian energy and the biggest single oil export market for Russia, Putin said, adding that they would continue to collaborate on projects like fast neutron reactors and nuclear fuel reprocessing.
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