Calling their partnership as “strategic” Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese president Xi Jinping signed 20 agreements covering key sectors including economy, energy, transport, and international cooperation.
The two leaders also adopted a joint statement aimed at further strengthening their partnership, along with a declaration supporting a multipolar world and a new framework for international relations.
Putin asserted that bilateral trade has expanded “more than 30 times over the past 25 years” and has remained above the “$200 billion mark for several consecutive years”.
Speaking after the meeting, Putin said Moscow and Beijing have developed a stable trade system that is “less vulnerable to external pressure and global market volatility”.
He added that increasing the use of the ruble and yuan in bilateral transactions has helped “protect economic ties and ensure greater stability,” with nearly all trade now conducted in national currencies.
Putin also highlighted Russia’s readiness to continue “uninterrupted supplies of oil and gas to China,” while noting that Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom is completing new power units at nuclear plants in China, highlighting growing cooperation in the energy sector.
Describing the partnership as a “stabilising force in global affairs,” Putin pointed to expanding people-to-people ties, including a rise in travel under visa-free arrangements.
He said more than 2 million Russians visited China in 2025, while over one million Chinese citizens travelled to Russia.
He said Russia-China relations have reached an unprecedented level, calling them a model of comprehensive strategic cooperation that has remained resilient despite external pressures.
Putin also emphasised that energy remains a key driver of bilateral economic ties, with Russia continuing to serve as a major energy supplier to China.
Russia and China will continue to strengthen friendship between the armed forces and jointly respond to various challenges and threats, according to a joint declaration by Russia and China following talks on Wednesday.
“The parties will continue to strengthen the traditional friendship between the armed forces of the two countries, deepen mutual trust in the military field, improve cooperation mechanisms, expand the practice of joint exercises, air and sea patrols, strengthen coordination and interaction in bilateral and multilateral formats, jointly respond to various challenges and threats, and maintain global and regional security and stability,” the document read.
