BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping treated Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to a state talk over with on Friday as the neighbouring giants forge closer ties within the face of US diplomatic and financial challenges.
Putin, re-elected to his fourth Kremlin term in March, arrived at the grandiose Great Hall of the People in Beijing for talks with Xi, who could stay in power for life after term limits have been lifted this 12 months.
The two heads of state reviewed a military honour guard and greeted flag-waving youngsters during the welcoming ceremony earlier than chickening out into the vast construction.
The most powerful Russian and Chinese leaders in a long time, Xi and Putin have built closer ties while US President Donald Trump has labelled both countries as financial opponents that problem US interests and values.
Xi and Putin are "soulmates who want to make their countries great again", Alexander Gabuev, senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center, instructed AFP.
"Both share scepticism towards American hegemony and distrust US intentions, both are authoritarian personalistic rulers," he said.
China is mired in tricky negotiations with the United States to avoid a industry conflict, while Moscow has deep differences with Washington on multiple diplomatic fronts, including Syria and Ukraine.
Putin played up his bond along with his "good friend" Xi in an interview with China's state broadcaster CGTN this week.
He said the Chinese president was once the one state leader to have a good time his birthday with him, with the two sharing vodka and sausage.
Xi "is approachable and sincere", Putin instructed CGTN. "But he's also a very dependable man to work with."
Maria Repnikova, director of the Center for Global Information Studies at Georgia State University in the USA, said China makes Russia glance "stronger and more relevant" on the international degree.
For its part, Russia allows China to turn the USA that it has "other options" in global negotiations, she said.
"Trump's policies justified (the) growing closeness, especially for Russia but also for China given the volatile relationship with the United States," Repnikova instructed AFP.
But, she said "it's an asymmetrical relationship with Russia more dependent on China than vice versa, especially in the economic sphere".
After the Beijing talk over with, Putin will sign up for Xi at a weekend summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) within the eastern Chinese town of Qingdao.
China and Russia lead the regional security staff, which contains former Soviet states and new participants India and Pakistan.
Putin instructed CGTN that the SCO had "small" targets when it was once founded 20 years ago however that it was once now evolving into a larger international drive.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, whose country is an observer member of the SCO, will even attend the summit at a time when China and Russia are in quest of to save the Iran nuclear deal following Trump's withdrawal from the pact.
Putin, re-elected to his fourth Kremlin term in March, arrived at the grandiose Great Hall of the People in Beijing for talks with Xi, who could stay in power for life after term limits have been lifted this 12 months.
The two heads of state reviewed a military honour guard and greeted flag-waving youngsters during the welcoming ceremony earlier than chickening out into the vast construction.
The most powerful Russian and Chinese leaders in a long time, Xi and Putin have built closer ties while US President Donald Trump has labelled both countries as financial opponents that problem US interests and values.
Xi and Putin are "soulmates who want to make their countries great again", Alexander Gabuev, senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center, instructed AFP.
"Both share scepticism towards American hegemony and distrust US intentions, both are authoritarian personalistic rulers," he said.
China is mired in tricky negotiations with the United States to avoid a industry conflict, while Moscow has deep differences with Washington on multiple diplomatic fronts, including Syria and Ukraine.
Putin played up his bond along with his "good friend" Xi in an interview with China's state broadcaster CGTN this week.
He said the Chinese president was once the one state leader to have a good time his birthday with him, with the two sharing vodka and sausage.
Xi "is approachable and sincere", Putin instructed CGTN. "But he's also a very dependable man to work with."
Maria Repnikova, director of the Center for Global Information Studies at Georgia State University in the USA, said China makes Russia glance "stronger and more relevant" on the international degree.
For its part, Russia allows China to turn the USA that it has "other options" in global negotiations, she said.
"Trump's policies justified (the) growing closeness, especially for Russia but also for China given the volatile relationship with the United States," Repnikova instructed AFP.
But, she said "it's an asymmetrical relationship with Russia more dependent on China than vice versa, especially in the economic sphere".
After the Beijing talk over with, Putin will sign up for Xi at a weekend summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) within the eastern Chinese town of Qingdao.
China and Russia lead the regional security staff, which contains former Soviet states and new participants India and Pakistan.
Putin instructed CGTN that the SCO had "small" targets when it was once founded 20 years ago however that it was once now evolving into a larger international drive.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, whose country is an observer member of the SCO, will even attend the summit at a time when China and Russia are in quest of to save the Iran nuclear deal following Trump's withdrawal from the pact.
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