June 06, 2019

Anna Murray 

Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting Russia and attending the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and commemorates the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

On June 5 two leaders exchanged documents during a signing ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow. During this bilateral meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Xi for achieving a trade turnover between Russian and China of more than $100 billion a year, and said: "In the joint agreement that we signed on strengthening global strategic stability in the modern era, we empathized the principled stance of Russia and China on the unacceptability of jeopardizing the existing system of agreements on arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation."

President Xi reiterated Putin's view, saying that "our cooperation is based on mutual trust", and added: "The world is changing at an unprecedented level, the cooperation between Russia and China will remain strong for years to come.”

During the visit, amid China's heated trade war with the US, Russia’s TASS news agency reported about 30 agreements were signed, which included policies on security, trade, and energy.

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