Beijing, May 19 (ANI) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing late Tuesday to begin a two-day state visit, touching down days after US President Donald Trump completed his talks in China. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Putin at the airport, and Russian state media TASS reported that the president described bilateral ties as having reached an “unprecedented level.”
According to China’s Foreign Ministry, President Xi Jinping and President Putin will hold extensive talks on bilateral relations, multi-sector cooperation and a range of international and regional issues. Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a press briefing that this trip is Putin’s 25th official visit to China and emphasized the deep strategic alignment and close personal rapport between the two leaders.
Guo said the visit aims to further elevate China‑Russia relations and to inject “greater stability and positive energy into the world.” Xi and Putin have met repeatedly since Xi became China’s leader in 2012, often referring to one another as longtime friends and highlighting mutual trust.
Observers note that the relationship has grown closer through expanding trade, energy agreements, security coordination and joint initiatives seen as counterweights to Western influence. The timing of Putin’s visit, coming shortly after President Trump’s meetings in Beijing, underscores Beijing’s central diplomatic engagements with the world’s major powers this month.
In a video interview cited by TASS, Putin recalled the Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation signed 25 years ago, saying it laid the groundwork for a strategic partnership that benefits both nations. He pointed to widening political and economic communication, growing humanitarian exchanges and increased person-to-person contacts.
Putin said both countries are working to deepen cooperation and advance comprehensive development, and that those priorities will shape the agenda in Beijing. He expressed appreciation for Xi’s long-term commitment to cooperation with Russia and said their warm relations make ambitious future projects possible.
On the economic front, Putin noted bilateral trade has long exceeded USD 200 billion and said that mutual settlements are now carried out almost entirely in rubles and yuan. He also welcomed a visa-free regime between the two countries, saying it will boost business, tourism and people-to-people ties.
Framing the partnership’s international role, Putin told reporters that the China‑Russia strategic relationship contributes to global stability and that the two countries do not seek to form an alliance against any other state. He said Moscow and Beijing act in coordination to uphold international law and the UN Charter, and that both remain committed to cooperation inside multilateral bodies such as the UN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and BRICS.
Putin added that continued deepening of the Russia‑China partnership serves the development and welfare of both peoples and contributes to global security and stability.
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