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Date of Event: Jul 16, 2025

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China’s Xi vows greater support for Russia in Lavrov meeting

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Published: 15 Jul 2025, 13: 36

China's President Xi Jinping. File photo

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia’s top diplomat on Tuesday that their countries should “strengthen mutual support”, state media said, as foreign ministers gathered in Beijing for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation talks.

Meeting Sergei Lavrov in Beijing, Xi said the two countries should “strengthen mutual support on multilateral forums”, according to state news agency Xinhua.

Beijing and Moscow should work to “unite countries of the global South and promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction”, Xi said, according to Xinhua.

Russia’s foreign ministry said in an earlier statement that “a number of issues of bilateral political contacts at the highest and high levels were discussed”.

They included preparations for President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China to join a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit and World War II anniversary celebrations.

Russia’s TASS news agency reported that Xi met Lavrov after the Chinese president held a “general meeting” with SCO foreign ministers.

Lavrov met Sunday with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to discuss Ukraine and relations with the United States.

The Russian foreign minister arrived in China following a visit to North Korea, where he received assurances of support in its conflict with Ukraine.

Beijing, a diplomatic and economic ally of Moscow, claims to be neutral in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

But China has never denounced Russia’s more than three-year military campaign nor called for it to withdraw its troops, and many of Ukraine’s allies believe that Beijing has provided support to Moscow.

China regularly calls for an end to the fighting, while also accusing Western countries of prolonging the conflict by arming Ukraine.

Beijing has long sought to present the 10-member SCO as a counterweight to Western-led power blocs such as NATO.

It has pushed to strengthen collaboration between its member countries in politics, security, trade and science.

Top diplomats from the SCO are convening in Beijing this week for a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, including Lavrov, India’s Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Iran’s Abbas Araghchi.

Xi noted Tuesday that “political mutual trust among member states has deepened”, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

The SCO “has successfully explored a path of regional cooperation that aligns with the trends of the times and meets the needs of all parties, setting a model for a new type of international relations,” Xi said.​

 

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Xi tells Putin China welcomes fresh US-Russia contacts as Trump seeks end to Ukraine war

China is pleased to see Russia and the United States maintaining contact and improving ties to advance a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis, President Xi Jinping said in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. Beijing will maintain its stance on the need for peace tal

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Xi tells Putin China welcomes fresh US-Russia contacts as Trump seeks end to Ukraine war

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Published :
Aug 08, 2025 18:41
Updated :
Aug 08, 2025 18:41

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping attend a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025. Photo : Sergei Bobylyov/Host agency RIA Novosti/Handout via REUTERS/Files

China is pleased to see Russia and the United States maintaining contact and improving ties to advance a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis, President Xi Jinping said in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.

Beijing will maintain its stance on the need for peace talks and a diplomatic solution to the conflict, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV quoted Xi as telling Putin.

The call was held at Putin's request, CCTV said.

The call came after the Kremlin said on Thursday that Putin would meet U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming days in the search for an end to the war, now in its fourth year.

Trump took a more conciliatory approach towards Russia after returning to the White House in January but has voiced growing frustration with Putin over the lack of progress towards peace and has threatened to impose heavy tariffs on countries including China that buy Russian oil.

Trump on Wednesday said he could announce further tariffs on China similar to the 25% duties he has already imposed on India over its purchases of Russian oil.

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, in response to those remarks by Trump, said on Friday that China's trade and energy cooperation with Russia was "just and legitimate".

"We will continue to take reasonable measures to ensure energy security based on our own national interests," spokesperson Guo Jiakun said in a statement released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

Friday's call between Xi and Putin was their second in less than two months.

The two countries have further bolstered their economic, trade and security cooperation since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which triggered a sharp deterioration in Moscow's relations with the West.

Putin is expected to visit China in September for events marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two.​

 

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Xi, Putin hail ‘stabilising’ China-Russia alliance

China’s president Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin hailed their countries’ ‘stabilising’ economic, political and security alliance in the face of ‘turbulent’ times globally, as they spoke via video call on Wednesday...

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Xi, Putin hail ‘stabilising’ China-Russia alliance
Agence France-Presse . Beijing, China 04 February, 2026, 22:52

Xi Jinping ,Vladimir Putin

China’s president Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin hailed their countries’ ‘stabilising’ economic, political and security alliance in the face of ‘turbulent’ times globally, as they spoke via video call on Wednesday.

Moscow and Beijing have sought to present a united front against the West, with ties deepening since Russia’s 2022 Ukraine offensive.

The call comes days after top officials from both countries agreed ties could ‘break new ground’ this year as Moscow and Beijing ramp up economic cooperation.

‘Since the beginning of the year, the international situation has become increasingly turbulent,’ Xi told Putin in a readout reported by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.

‘Both sides should ensure that China-Russia relations continue to develop steadily along the right track, through deeper strategic coordination and a more proactive and effective commitment as major powers,’ the Chinese president said.

Addressing Xi as his ‘dear friend’, Putin expressed a similar message, saying ‘the foreign policy alliance between Moscow and Beijing remains an important stabilising factor’.

‘The Russian-Chinese comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation is exemplary,’ Putin said in the video broadcast on Russian state TV.

Neither leader went into detail on what strategic areas they would deepen coordination on.

Putin praised trade ties, with Moscow redirecting its exports to Asia after Western countries imposed massive sanctions on Russia over the Kremlin’s Ukraine offensive.

China has never denounced Russia’s war or called for it to withdraw troops, and many of Ukraine’s allies believe that Beijing has provided support to Moscow.

The video call took place as Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators met in Abu Dhabi for another round of talks on ending the almost four-year war.

But Putin made no mention of Ukraine during his call with Xi.

The two leaders last met in person in September, when the Russian leader attended a massive military parade in Beijing.

Xi also visited Moscow last year, in May, for Russia’s celebrations of the World War II defeat of the Nazis.

On Sunday, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi met with Russia’s security chief Sergei Shoigu in Beijing.

Wang told Shoigu that China and Russia must work together to uphold multilateralism in a time of ‘turmoil’, and ‘advocate for an equal and orderly multipolar world’, according to China’s foreign ministry.

The call with Putin follows a series of meetings between Xi and various leaders in recent months, as he consolidates diplomatic support in the face of an increasingly unpredictable United States.

During the call, Xi reiterated his commitment to the international system with the United Nations at its core.

He has stressed the importance of the United Nations—where China holds a permanent seat on the Security Council with veto rights — in recent talks with leaders from France, Canada, Britain and Brazil.

US president Donald Trump unveiled plans for a ‘Board of Peace’ in January, which has sparked concerns Washington wants to rival the United Nations.

China engages with the international body even as it has objected to what it terms internal interference.

Beijing has also sought to position itself as a stable alternative to Washington, hosting Western leaders including US allies recoiling from Trump’s bid to seize Greenland and tariff threats.

Leaders from France, Canada and Finland have flocked to Beijing in recent weeks, as well as Beijing’s traditional ally Uruguay.​