Putin called Xi “dear friend” and said the partnership with China was a force for stability in the world.
“Russian-Chinese cooperation in world affairs is one of the main stabilising factors on the world stage,” Putin said.
“We intend to further enhance coordination on all multilateral platforms in order to ensure global security and a just world order.”
Xi said cooperation in the BRICS group was “the most important platform for solidarity and cooperation between emerging market countries and developing countries in the world today.”
He said it was “a mainstay force in promoting the realization of equal and orderly global multipolarity, as well as inclusive and tolerant economic globalisation”.
