Xi Jinping holds talks with Putin in Moscow
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Russia on Monday for a state visit, Russian news agency TASS reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold face-to-face talks in the Kremlin on Monday afternoon.
Xi Jinping holds talks with Putin in Moscow
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Xi Jinping holds talks with Putin in Moscow

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Eurasia 20/03/2023 17:55

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Russia on Monday for a state visit, Russian news agency TASS reported.  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold face-to-face talks in the Kremlin on Monday afternoon.

Xi Jinping's state visit to Russia will last from March 20 to 22. The Russian Federation is the first country the Chinese leader has visited since his March 10 reelection to a third term by the National People's Congress. According to diplomatic protocol, state visit is the highest in the gradation of foreign visits, TASS noted.

Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold face-to-face talks in the Kremlin on Monday afternoon. The talks will continue on March 21, when the leaders will be joined by members of delegations. In addition, Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Tuesday morning. Ushakov also noted that the visit would be strictly a business visit, "there will be no additional protocol stuff, the main thing is negotiations, negotiations and negotiations."

"In a troubled world, China is ready to act in concert with Russia to firmly uphold the UN-centric international system, safeguard the world order based on international law and the fundamental norms of international relations relying on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, support true multilateralism, promote multipolarity in the world, democratise international relations and promote global governance on a more just and rational track," Xi said upon his arrival, according to the Russian news agency.

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The Russia-China relations provide an example of harmonious and constructive cooperation between major countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote Monday in the Chinese newspaper People's Daily, just before Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Russia, according to Xinhua.

In his signed article Russia and China: A Future-Bound Partnership, Putin addressed the friendly Chinese people and expected that his talks with Xi will "give a new powerful impetus" to bilateral cooperation in its entirety. The visit reaffirms the "special nature" of the Russia-China partnership, which has always been built on mutual trust, and respect for each other's sovereignty and interests, he wrote.
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"China has made a colossal leap forward in its development over the recent years. It evokes genuine interest all around the world, and we even envy you a little. China has established a fairly effective system of economic development and the strengthening of the country. It’s much more effective, compared to many other countries in the world. It’s an obvious fact," Putin said at the meeting with Xi, according to TASS. 

He said free-market mechanisms in China are combined with "a fairly confident political course and bring their visible results." Putin said, "I’m sure that under your leadership China will make further steps in its development and will achieve the goals that you are setting for yourself.".

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The comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination between the two countries has safeguarded the international fairness and justice on the one hand, and promoted common prosperity and development of the two countries on the other, Xi said, according to Xinhua.

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