Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their deepening partnership during a bilateral meeting on Sept. 2, as Moscow’s energy giant Gazprom announced a new agreement to build a major natural gas pipeline linking the two nations.
Addressing Xi as a “dear friend,” Putin said that Moscow’s relationship with Beijing has attained “an unprecedentedly high level,” according to a transcript of the meeting released by the Kremlin.
Xi, for his part, lauded the Chinese regime’s ties with Russia as an international model that has “stood the test of changes in the world,” according to the regime’s foreign ministry….
Xi, Putin Hail Close Cooperation as Russia’s Gazprom Announces New Gas Pipeline Deal With China
