Key facts
- Putin expects his meeting with Xi at the APEC summit to yield results and benefit Russia-China ties.
- Relations between Russia and China are at an unprecedented high level, according to Putin.
- Russia and China are coordinating efforts to build a fairer multipolar world order.
- Putin noted China's impressive socio-economic and scientific achievements under Xi's leadership.
- China's foreign ministry stated that head-of-state diplomacy is crucial for China-Russia relations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin anticipates a productive meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the upcoming APEC summit in China, according to Russian news agencies. Putin conveyed this expectation in a letter to Xi, emphasizing that the current relations between Russia and China are at an unprecedented high level.
In a congratulatory message to Xi on the 77th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, Putin stated that the two countries are implementing major joint projects and coordinating their international efforts to foster a more equitable multipolar world order. He also acknowledged China's significant achievements in socio-economic and scientific-technical development under Xi's leadership, and its constructive role in addressing global issues.
China's foreign ministry, while not confirming the meeting, affirmed that "the strategic guidance of head-of-state diplomacy is the most important political guarantee for the steady and long-term development of China-Russia relations."