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In Beijing, China, the President Xi Jinping holds negotiations with Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in key areas of their bilateral cooperation. teleSUR
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00:11Welcome back and we go live now to China as in the framework of the official visit of President
00:18Vladimir Putin to the China Republic, the Republic of China. Xi Jinping offers statements at this
00:25time. We're listening to the statements.
00:31We are not acting against any third party. We are firmly committed to the spirit of mutual
00:39respect, mutual rights and mutually beneficial cooperation. We are making a significant
00:47contribution to the international relationships of a new type. This is a key constant amid
01:00a transformation that has not the likes of which have not been seen in a century. Dear
01:10friends, under our joint strategic leadership with President Putin, the Russian-Chinese relationships
01:17have taken upon a new level. The parties have to follow the trends, today trends towards
01:27peace, cooperation and joint benefits. We must strive for quality development of relationships
01:37between Russia and China. First of all, we should foster mutual political trust to be strategic
01:49partners for each other. Political trust is the biggest trait of the Russian-Chinese relationships.
01:58It has set forth in the treaty of good neighborliness and friendly cooperation.
02:07President Putin and I have already decided to prolong it. It is important to continue what
02:16we started to open up new horizons and to keep supporting each other in matters that touch
02:22the key interests and concerns of our countries. We must maintain a tight political dialogue and
02:29contacts of different levels. We must work on strengthening political trust between our two countries.
02:44Second, we must work on high-quality cooperation and interaction going hand-in-hand on the way towards
02:52development, development and prosperity. Over these years, we have admired the breakthrough development
02:59and the great achievements of bilateral cooperation. For third-year running, our trade turnover has exceeded
03:08$200 billion. And despite the difficult international situation, trade turnover over January-April this year
03:20has grown by 20%, which was not an easy feat. We should use this favorable dynamic to strengthen our cooperation
03:30in bringing together the
03:3415th five-year development program of China with the 2030 development program of Russia, boosting ties in energy sector, using
03:47new growth drivers in digital economy,
03:49artificial intelligence, and technological innovation. We must encourage wide-scale international cooperation for the sake of well-being and development
04:05of our two countries.
04:07Number three, we must encourage high-quality communication and cooperation among the people of our countries, laying a strong foundation
04:16for the Russian-Chinese friendship from generation to generation to generation.
04:19Thanks to the dynamic growth of Russian-Chinese relationships, our cultural and humanitarian ties are developing. We're developing cooperation in
04:34tourism, education and sports. The Russian-Chinese friendship finds more and more support among young people, and our nations are
04:45becoming closer and understand each other better.
04:50President Putin and I have decided to hold this year and the next year, years of Russian-Chinese cooperation in
05:00the sphere of education. This will be the tenth such interstate project that we will open immediately after this meeting.
05:13The concept of cooperation, years in the sphere of education, expands on
05:19our student exchanges, deepens our student exchanges, deepens our ties among universities and brings us tangible results in raising talent
05:31and expanding our research and development efforts to create favorable conditions for the development of Russian-Chinese relationships.
05:43Number four, we must develop high-quality international cooperation, reforming and perfecting our global governance. This world is far from
05:57being calm. The damage imposed by unilateral actions and hegemony is off the scales.
06:10It threatens to bring us back to the rules. It threatens to bring us back to the law of the
06:12jungle. In this sphere, I would like to propose the concept of the single fate of humankind and a global
06:20initiative that enjoys wide support from the international community, including Russia.
06:27Being permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia and China will show themselves as responsible world powers, protecting the
06:39authority of the UN and the world's justice, countering any manifestation of unilateralism and any attempts at reversing history, provocations
06:52aimed at denying the outcome of
06:56World War II.
06:59World War II and trying to revive the ghosts of Nazism and fascism. We are ready to work hand-in
07:06-hand on forming a new, more rational and fair system of world governance. The world towards prosperity. The great Russian
07:18-Chinese friendship is in line with the demands of time. We will move forward steadily,
07:26confidently, confidently and relentlessly achieving new great heights. Thank you.
07:41Thank you, Chairman Xi Jinping. Now, please, President Putin, address the media. Chairman Xi Jinping, ladies and gentlemen, friends, first
07:55of all, I would like to thank our dear friend, Chairman of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, and
08:03all our
08:04Chinese colleagues for the warm hospitality and the warm reception that our delegation has enjoyed. Today's visit has taken place
08:13on the anniversary year for the Russian-Chinese relationships. 25 years ago, we signed a major interstate treaty, a treaty
08:22of good neighborliness and friendly cooperation, thus laying a firm foundation for an all-encompassing partnership and strategic interaction between
08:33our
08:33two countries. And now the Russian-Chinese relationships are true at an unprecedented level. And they are developing. They are
08:44self-sufficient. They do not depend on the current situation. And they serve as an example of how relationships should
08:55be shaped between two major countries.
08:59Today's negotiations. Today's negotiations took place in the traditionally warm, neighborly, and friendly atmosphere. We reviewed all the aspects of
09:08our bilateral relationship, and our resulting statement reflects priority areas of our cooperation. We have signed a large number of
09:22intergovernmental documents, a total of some 40 of them. Some of them were signed here in this
09:29audience. Many of them. Many of them aim to further our economic cooperation. Russia and China are very important trade
09:37partners for each other. In 2025, our trade turnover reached almost 240 billion dollars.
09:49And now it includes high value added commodities. In Russia and China, high-tech enterprises have contributed a lot to
10:03the trade turnover. And settlements in national currencies have also been important in that. All Russia-Chinese export-import operations
10:14are now done.
10:15in Russian in rupees. Essentially, in rubles and yuan. Essentially, we have built a stable system of mutual trade that
10:24is protected against any external influence and negative trends on the global markets. Let me know that Russia and China
10:32have been actively cooperating in the energy sphere. Our country is one of the biggest exporters of oil, natural gas,
10:41including liquefied natural gas, and coal. And of course, we are willing and ready to
10:45to ensure uninterrupted supplies of all these fuels to the rapidly growing
10:51Chinese market our high-tech industry our high-tech company Rosatom has been
10:59working successfully in China at the Sudapu nuclear power plant Russian
11:06designed reactors are being completed in construction and they will contribute
11:13greatly to China's economy supplying China's businesses and households cheap
11:21and clean energy there's great potential in renewable energy as well including
11:27joint projects and low carbon energy generation we're working on joint
11:33recognition of Russian Chinese environmental certificates the relevant
11:41memorandum was signed during our visit we're also talking about strengthening
11:45partnership in critical elements and metals required for wider introduction of
11:52green technologies in general Russia and China energetically developing the
11:58industrial cooperation creating new added value chains implementing state-of-the-art
12:04technologies and innovations in Moscow and a number of Russian regions Chinese car
12:13brands are manufactured their projects underway in chemical cellulose pharmaceuticals
12:20aircraft manufacturing space exploration and many other science intensive areas our
12:29countries jointly work on developing trans-european transport and logistic routes the volume and speed of passenger
12:42transportation between Russia and China is growing and capacity of our border checkpoints is growing and new logistics hubs are
12:53being created Russia modernizes its ski railway
12:58roads in the eastern direction such as trans-siberian and Baikal amour railways we're working on the trans-arctic transport
13:08corridor including its main thoroughfare the northern sea route one of the biggest components of Russian Chinese friendship is its
13:17humanitarian component our people our people show sincere interest to the history
13:26the history and spiritual values and spiritual values of each other youth
13:32youth exchange is growing and so our tourist flows boosted by the mutual visa-free
13:39regime the introduction of which was initiated by Chairman Xi Jinping during our
13:45visit to Beijing last year we supported this initiative and the positive results are already there in
13:53in 2025 over 2 million tourists from Russia went to China and over 1 million Chinese tourists visited Russia after
14:03the successful cross years of culture Russia and China are launching another major humanitarian initiative such as the Russian Chinese
14:13year of education together with Chairman Xi Jinping as has been said we will take part in the opening ceremony
14:21of those years
14:22the program of cross years the program of cross years includes hundreds of most different events conferences seminars concerts exhibitions
14:31exhibitions and master classes
14:36some of them have already taken place enjoying great interest from students and teachers both in Russia and China our
14:46countries actively cooperate in sports
14:49it's the 10th Russian Chinese summer games that start this week and Kaliningrad will become another example of that it's
14:59a great chance for many talented athletes to expose themselves internationally
15:05and further atmosphere of neighborliness and mutual understanding between our country is boosted in our cooperation among the media of
15:14Russia and China
15:15China in 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of partnership between ITATAS and Xinhua news agency
15:24there's a photo exhibition going on here in Beijing devoted to the history of Russian Chinese relationships
15:33Chairman Xi Jinping and myself had an exchange of opinions on actual international matters which resulted in a joint statement
15:42confirming the
15:44very close positions of the very close positions of our two countries most importantly Russia and China are committed to
15:51the sovereign and independent of international policy working together to stabilize the international situation
15:59we work together in the name of peace and prosperity in this logic Moscow and Beijing solidarily act in favor
16:09of international legislation
16:11and defending the UN treaty and all its cohesion
16:18we interact intensively in the Shanghai cooperation organization BRICS and other international organizations
16:26making a solid contribution to the resolution of international regional problem Russia supports the priority of China's chairmanship in ATES
16:37forum
16:41we are ready and willing to do everything it takes to assist their realization
16:49and of course we will continue to coordinate our positions in multilateral formats such as the G20 the W Trade
16:59Organization the World Trade Organization the IMF the New Bank of Development
17:06and we will contribute to integration processes in Eurasec and the One Belt One Road initiative with the prospect of
17:15forming one big Eurasian partnership
17:17ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, the program of our visit is very eventful
17:25Chairman Xi Jinping and myself
17:27Chairman Xi Jinping and myself will have to visit many important events
17:31right now I would like to thank my friend Xi Jinping and our Chinese colleagues for hospitality and great organization
17:39of our visit
17:41I am sure that this visit will serve
17:43will further strengthen the Russian Chinese friendship
17:47and contribute to the well-being and prosperity of our nations
17:52Thank you
17:59Thank you, President Vladimir Putin
18:13The press statement is over
18:16We thank President Putin and Chairman Xi Jinping
18:19And we were listening to the statements of President Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin in the framework of the official
18:31visit of President Vladimir Putin to China
18:33In this context, President Xi Jinping praised the relationship of friendship and cooperation of both countries
18:39She said that the concept of cooperation expands beyond research
18:42She also proposed an initiative to face the current challenges of the world
18:46The Chinese President also showed that both countries will move forward relentlessly and will continue to deepen their mutual cooperation
18:54For its part, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia and China are very important trade partners for each other
19:00Putin made reference to the energy sector where both countries have a deep cooperation agreement
19:05Putin said that in Moscow several Chinese products are also being manufactured
19:09The President also said that the solid contribution both countries have made to the resolution of conflict as members of
19:16international organizations
19:17Lastly, Putin also took the opportunity to thank President Xi Jinping and the government
19:23Assuring that this visit will serve to strengthen even more their relations
19:26We will keep you informed about this and more in an upcoming news brief
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