Chinese President Xi Jinping began a three-day visit to “best friend” Vladimir Putin yesterday with a touch of panda diplomacy and a raft of new Russian-Chinese business contracts.The leaders praised their countries’ ties during talks at the Kremlin, as Russia and China seek to shore up co-operation amid shared tensions with the US.“President Putin is for me a best friend,” Xi told journalists during a joint statement following the meeting.“We decided that we would raise our bilateral relations to a new, higher level – increasing our mutual support and assistance, and promote our relations in a new era,” he said, …read more
Source: Gulf times
