Chinese state television CCTV said that the leaders met on Tuesday in the Great People's Hall in Beijing.
The President of Russia in Beijing praised relations between the two countries. As he said, they are at a “unprecedented level”. He also added that “close communication of Russia and China reflects the strategic nature of the relationship” of these countries, “British BBC television quotes.
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– Dear friend, both as well as the entire Russian delegation, we are glad that we can meet our Chinese friends and colleagues again – said to XI Putin. “We've always been together and we stay together now,” he added.
China's leader stated that “Chinese-Russian relations survived the attempt to change international”. He also declared that Beijing is ready to cooperate with Moscow to “promote the construction of a more fair and reasonable global management system” – says the BBC.
Military couple in Beijing
Putin is one of the 26 foreign leaders invited by the China leader to the great parade on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese folk war against Japanese aggression and the world anti -fascist war – as Beijing calls the end of World War II, which took place after Japan's surrender. This event will be the largest military parade in China's history.
The BBC points out that the parade and meeting with Putin take place at the time when XI Jinping tries to present China on the international arena not only as the second largest economy in the world, and also as a diplomatic power.
China's leader wants to show China as a stable trading partner, which is to be the opposite of the United States. On Monday, XI and Putin, they condemned the “Western rule” together. The President of China additionally condemned the “abusive behavior” of some countries, which, as BBC indicates, was an allusion to the USA.
