{"id":92417,"date":"2025-09-02T10:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=92417"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:43:21","slug":"russias-putin-hails-unprecedented-ties-with-china-at-talks-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=92417","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s Putin hails \u2018unprecedented\u2019 ties with China at talks in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin said his ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping are at an \u201cunprecedented level\u201d as the two met in Beijing on the eve of a massive military parade.<\/p>\n

Putin described Xi as a dear friend; Chinese state media said relations were exemplary. Russia is to increase supplies of gas to China, while Beijing will offer visa-free travel to Russians during a year-long trial.<\/p>\n

Xi is also preparing to welcome North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un in what appears to be a show of solidarity with both aggressors in the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n

Xi will host China\u2019s largest-ever military parade on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the surrender of the Japanese in China at the end of World War Two.<\/p>\n

In May, Xi visited Moscow for Russia\u2019s celebrations to mark the defeat of the Nazis.<\/p>\n

Russia and North Korea rely on China to bolster their economies, and these meetings will allow the Chinese leader to signal the extent of his power and influence \u2013 at a time when Donald Trump is trying to do a deal with Putin to end the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

All three will stand shoulder to shoulder on Wednesday as tens of thousands of troops march through the Chinese capital.<\/p>\n

At the talks in the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday, Putin made no explicit reference to his war in Ukraine, saying only that he had discussed issues of common concern with his Chinese counterpart.<\/p>\n

\u201cDear friend, both I and the entire Russian delegation are pleased to meet once again with our Chinese friends and colleagues,\u201d Putin told Xi, according to a video published on the Kremlin\u2019s official Telegram messaging app.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur close communication reflects the strategic nature of Russia-China relations, which are at an unprecedentedly high level,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were always together then, and we remain together now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Xi told Putin that \u201cChina-Russia relations have withstood the test of international changes\u201d \u2013 adding that Beijing was willing to work with Moscow to \u201cpromote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system\u201d.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s meetings come at a time when Xi seeks to project Beijing\u2019s power on the international stage \u2013 not just as the world\u2019s second-largest economy, but also as a diplomatic heavyweight.<\/p>\n

Xi has emphasised China\u2019s role as a stable trading partner while US president Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs have upended economic relationships around the world.<\/p>\n

Now, while a deal with the Russian leader to end the war in Ukraine continues to elude Trump, Xi\u2019s welcome of Putin to Beijing demonstrates their close ties.<\/p>\n

The pair have previously touted their countries\u2019 relationship as a \u201cfriendship with no limits\u201d.<\/p>\n

Russia hopes gas exports to China and other countries will replace revenue lost after Western sanctions were imposed over its Ukraine war.<\/p>\n

Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday that once all projects are commissioned, the volume of pipeline gas supplies from Russia to China will amount to 106 billion cubic meters. That\u2019s still far below what Russia sent to the European Union before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s foreign ministry announced that it would extend month-long visa-free travel to Russian passport holders on a trial basis for a year, from 15 September.<\/p>\n

Trilateral talks between the two leaders and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh also took place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Xi and Putin criticised Western governments at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on Monday, while\u00a0Putin defended Russia\u2019s Ukraine offensive\u00a0and blamed the West for triggering the conflict.<\/p>\n

In an apparent veiled reference to the US, Xi urged SCO members to \u201coppose Cold War thinking, bloc confrontation and bullying behaviour\u201d.<\/p>\n

Putin said the summit \u2013 which was also attended by world leaders from India, Iran and Pakistan \u2013 had laid the foundations for a new system to replace \u201coutdated Eurocentric and Euro-Atlantic models\u201d.<\/p>\n

North Korea\u2019s leader Kim Jong Un will also attend the military parade on Wednesday, in what will be a landmark visit, after crossing the border into China on his special train early on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

It is Kim\u2019s first multilateral international meeting. It is also the first time in decades that a North Korean leader will attend a Chinese military parade \u2013 the last time this happened was when Kim\u2019s grandfather, the founder of North Korea Kim Il-Sung, attended in 1959.<\/p>\n

Most Western leaders are not expected to show up at the parade, due to their opposition to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, which has driven the sanctions against Putin\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n

Beijing, however, has not criticised Putin\u2019s war. It has been accused by the US and its allies of aiding Russia\u2019s war effort \u2013 which Beijing denies \u2013 through its supply of dual-use materials and purchases of Russian oil.<\/p>\n

Kim has supplied both weapons and troops to the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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