President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting via video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin. Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/ AFP
Moscow Times/AFP: Russia, China Extend Treaty, Hail Ties
The leaders of China and Russia on Monday announced the extension of a 20-year-old friendship treaty, hailing increasingly close ties and the "stabilizing role" of their relationship.
The Kremlin published a joint statement from Russia and China to mark two decades since the treaty was signed, as Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping held a televised meeting by video link.
The past several years have marked a period of intensified cooperation for Moscow and Beijing as the two global powers face common tensions with the United States.
The two countries have developed economic, military and energy ties while supporting each other on a number of issues, especially when faced with criticism from the West.
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