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After Trump's inauguration, Putin vows to deepen ties with Xi

Wednesday, 22 Jan, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly discussed 'multipolar global order' with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (Photo courtesy: china-embassy.gov.cn)

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to ‘develop strategic partnership’ with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president of the United States, Reuters reported.

The two world leaders held a meeting over video call. In a video footage of the meeting released by the Kremlin, Putin is seen waving at Xi and addressing him as his “dear friend”. During the meeting, the Russian president emphasized on the “new plans for developing the Russian-Chinese comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation”.

“I agree with you that cooperation between Moscow and Beijing is based on a broad commonality of national interests and a convergence of views on what relations between major powers should be,” Putin told Xi. “We build our ties on the basis of friendship, mutual trust and support, equality and mutual benefit. These connections are self-sufficient, independent of domestic political factors and the current global situation,” he added.

China now has become a major consumer of Russian oil and gas and a source of key technologies amid sweeping Western sanctions on Moscow, news as per an AP report.