00:00Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
00:05Before their talks, Putin received a grand welcome in front of Beijing's Great Hall of the People.
00:10The ceremony looked very similar to how U.S. President Donald Trump was welcomed to China last week.
00:16Chinese state media says that Xi told Putin that the two countries should better support each other's development
00:21and work together to build a better system of global governance.
00:24He also said the hostilities in the Middle East should end.
00:27Putin reportedly placed bilateral relations as, quote, unprecedented and invited Xi to visit Russia.
00:35Chinese state media also says the two sides agreed to extend a friendship treaty
00:39that provides guidelines for geopolitical, economic and military cooperation.
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