Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed his close friendship with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as he hosted the Russian leader for talks that celebrated their nations' deepening political and economic ties.
Putin, on his first trip to a major global power since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, met his"old friend" Xi at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on the sidelines of a major forum.
Despite international attention focused on the Israel-Gaza conflict, neither Xi nor Putin made public comments on the war that has raged for more than 10 days. Beijing has drawn criticism from Western countries for its stance on the Ukraine war, on which China insists it is neutral. It has refused to criticise Moscow's invasion.
China's state broadcaster CCTV reported shortly before 3:00 pm that the tete-a-tete had finished, carrying footage of Putin being whisked away in a motorcade.Representatives of 130 countries are in the Chinese capital for the two-day talking shop that wraps up on Wednesday. "We deeply believe that only when there is win-win cooperation can things get done, and get done well," he said.Putin then took to the stage, hailing the infrastructure initiative as a"success story".
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