The bilateral meeting between the presidents of China and Russia, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, took place in Beijing, in the Great Hall of the People.
"Our two countries have deepened mutual political trust and maintained close and effective strategic coordination," Xi said, quoted by Chinese media. “Our bilateral trade volume has reached a record level and is approaching the target of 200 billion dollars,” he further noted in the CCTV report.
The request to his Russian counterpart was for more joint efforts by Beijing and Moscow to "safeguard international fairness" and "justice". In the opening rounds of their bilateral meeting, state media in Beijing reported, Xi welcomed efforts for "close and effective strategic coordination" between the two countries.
During the opening ceremony of the forum on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Putin anticipated that Russia and China, "like most countries, share the desire for equal cooperation in the world".
«When we start something big, we expect it to be successful, but considering the global scale, it is difficult to expect everything to go well. Our Chinese friends did it," added the Kremlin leader.
(Unioneonline/ss)
