00:01Welcome to China. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing for a two-state visit.
00:08It is being received there in Beijing airport by the Premier of China and with other important
00:16delegations of both Chinese and Russian that accompany the Russian president. Now as we were
00:23saying this is the latest news coming from the Asian giant Russian President Vladimir Putin
00:28arrived this Tuesday May 19th for a Tuesday state visit to China. The visit coincides with
00:37the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Good Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, a key
00:44moment in Russia-China relations without a doubt which has seen an exponential growth of over $200
00:51billion in bilateral exchange in trade which is going to be one of the main also one of the main
00:58topics to be addressed during this important two-day state visit. During the visit as we were saying
01:03the Russian President will hold a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping
01:10and there they are expected to discuss the ongoing bilateral relations as well as economic cooperation
01:19the both nations strategic partnership and major international and regional issues. We can expect
01:26the conflict in Ukraine as well as the ongoing hostilities in the Middle East especially following
01:34the aggression of Israel and the United States against Iran are going to be important topics on the agenda.
01:44both heads of states both the Russian president and the Chinese president will also attend a ceremony
01:50marking the launch of the Russia-China years of education for 2026-2027. There is also a scheduled
01:57meeting with Chinese Premier Lin Qian for talks focused on trade and economics as we're saying trade between
02:04both nations has grown exponentially over the past years reaching over $200 billion in exchange in the last couple
02:11of years and this year already exceeding those expectations if the trends continue as they have been
02:18ongoing this fourth five month of the year. So the purpose and agenda of President Biden's visit here to
02:29China is to strengthen the comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between both nations and
02:34exchange views on key international and regional issues including global security and geopolitical
02:40developments. There is also expected that both heads of states will sign a joint declaration formalizing agreements
02:47reached during the talks that will take place in the coming in the coming hours in China. We must recall
02:54that China
02:55is over 12 hour difference so in China it's already close to midnight but early starting early in the morning
03:02in
03:03China time we can expect all these scheduled appointments to take place and the discussions the exchange the bilateral meeting
03:11between President Putin and President Xi Jinping also takes place and where they go over all these important topics that
03:17we like discuss the economic and trade cooperation with Chinese Premier Lin Qian
03:22and also to go over how bilateral trade has grown consistently between both nations.
03:29Now the visit is part of a routine high level engagement between the two countries
03:33through though it is expected to be less elaborate than the recent U.S.-China summit
03:38reflecting Moscow's focus on strategic dialogue rather than ceremonial displays.
03:43We recall this visit of the Russian President Xi Jinping takes place just days after the U.S. President Donald
03:53Trump also visited the Asian giant and held meetings with the President Xi Jinping and other delegations while he was
04:03in the country.
04:04So this is the latest information coming from China as we were saying. The Russian President alongside a considerable delegation
04:12has arrived in Beijing just minutes ago.
04:16We already saw the President get on the motorcade that would escort him to the place where he will be
04:21staying during his two days state visit here in China.
04:27So that's the latest news. The Russian President is in Beijing right now. After his arrival it will start an
04:34important agenda of bilateral exchange with China.
04:38A meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping and where both sides will go over the achievements of all the
04:46treaties, all the agreements that have been in place for the past years.
04:49And also they will go over how to perfect and deepen that ongoing relation. We must recall that both nations
04:56are taking place as part of the 30th anniversary of the establishing of relations of these two nations of Russia
05:04and China as well as the 25th anniversary of the strategic cooperation partnership of good neighborliness that exists between China
05:15and Russia.
05:15So stay tuned with Tessera English for all the updates of President Putin's two days state visit to the Chinese
05:22nation.
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