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Xi-Jinping-Vladimir Putin Meeting in Beijing Live Updates: Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday said the his country was ready for cooperation with partners, including with the United States, news agency Reuters reported. Putin also said he had discussed the matter with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing, the report quoted. During the talks, Xi called for an end to all hostilities in the West Asia region, according to Xinhua news agency. Xi said that the situation of the Gulf region in the Middle East was at a “critical juncture” between war and peace, and all hostilities must end immediately. An early end to the conflict will help ease disruptions to energy supplies, industrial and supply chains, and the international trade order, the Chinese president had said.
Days after US President Donald Trump visited China, Xi held bilateral talks with his Russian counterpart Putin, and discussed key global issues, including Iran, the Ukraine war, and trade relations, according to news agency PTI. This is Putin’s first foreign visit of 2026. The talks assume significance as both leaders met days after US President Donald Trump visited Beijing and held extensive discussions with Xi on issues such as Iran and the Ukraine war, bilateral trade frictions, and regional developments.
Why is China important for Russia? Beijing is the largest purchaser of Russian oil and also a key ally of Russia despite Western sanctions on Moscow. China’s official stance is neutrality in the war, as it calls for its peaceful resolution through dialogue.
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Xi-Putin Meeting Live Updates: Putin concludes China visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin has concluded his visit to China and departed from Beijing, according to Chinese state media.
Xi-Putin Meeting Live Updates: Think it's good Xi meeting with Putin, says Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes it is a good thing that Chinese President Xi Jinping is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Xi-Putin Meeting Live Updates: Putin and Xi hail their friendship and growing energy trade at their meeting
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their strategic ties and growing energy trade as they met in Beijing Wednesday only days after a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to China.Putin and Xi oversaw the signing of more than 40 cooperation agreements in areas such as trade, technology and media exchanges. They stressed their growing trade, particularly in oil and natural gas, and declared themselves aligned on international relations.The countries’ ties have reached “the highest level in history,” Xi said after the signing ceremony, speaking to members of the delegations and journalists. The two sides also agreed to extend a friendship treaty first signed in 2001. (AP)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live Updates: Xi and Putin to dine over Peking duck, Chinese opera and Swan Lake
Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin will on Wednesday dine on Peking duck and Jinhua ham at a banquet featuring Chinese opera and Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
A programme and menu reported by TASS showed guests would be offered an array of cold "zakuski" hors d'oeuvres, prawn soup, beef in bean sauce, Fuzhou noodles, pumpkin pastries, fruits.
A ?2009 "Greatwall" Cabernet Sauvignon and a 2016 Changyu Chardonnay will be offered, TASS said.
The programme includes a mixture of Chinese and Russian classics played by the military orchestra of the Chinese Communist Party's People's Liberation Army including a melody of Peking opera, "An unforgettable evening" and the dance of the little swans from Swan Lake. (Reuters)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live Updates: Xi, Putin begin talks over tea
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have begun talks over tea in Beijing, according to Chinese state media.
Xi-Putin Meeting Live Updates: WATCH | Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcomed by China's Xi Jinping at official ceremony
WATCH | Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcomed by President of China Xi Jinping at an official ceremony ahead of bilateral talks.
Xi-Putin Meeting Live Updates: Russia and China scold the United States over 'Golden Dome' plans
Russia and China said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile-defence shield plans threatened strategic stability and that Washington had been irresponsible not to work on a replacement for a landmark nuclear treaty.
The rebuke was issued in a joint statement after President Xi Jinping welcomed President Vladimir Putin with an honour guard and a gun salute at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, as children waved Chinese and Russian flags.
The Golden Dome envisions expanding ground-based defences such as interceptor missiles, sensors and command-and-control systems while adding space-based elements meant to detect, track and potentially shoot down incoming threats from orbit. These would include advanced satellite networks and orbiting weapons.'The parties believe that the U.S. 'Golden Dome' project, which aims to build an unlimited, multi-level, multi-sphere, and global missile defence system to destroy all types of missiles, including all types of 'peer adversaries' missiles, at all stages of their flight and before they are launched, poses an obvious threat to strategic stability,' they said.
Xi-Putin Meeting Live Updates: Putin and Xi hail their high-level ties and growing energy trade as they meet in Beijing
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their high-level strategic ties and growing energy trade as they met in Beijing Wednesday only days after a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to China.Putin and Xi oversaw the signing of more than 40 cooperation agreements in areas such as trade, technology and media exchanges. They stressed their growing trade ties, particularly in oil and natural gas, and declared themselves aligned on international relations.The countries’ ties have reached “the highest level in history,” Xi said after the signing ceremony, speaking to members of the delegations and journalists. The two sides also agreed to extend a friendship treaty first signed in 2001.Putin told those in the room that 'the driving force behind economic cooperation is Russian-Chinese collaboration in the energy sector.” (AP)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: China buys 200 Boeing jets from US as Xi meets Putin
As Chinese President Xi Jinping met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, China's commerce ministry confirmed a purchase of 200 Boeing jets that was announced by Washington following the Trump-Xi summit, news agency Reuters reported. The move signals China's desire to stabilise economic and trade ties with the US independent of its commitments with Russia.Beijing will also seek an extension of the trade truce with the US and push for reciprocal tariff cuts on $30 billion or more of goods each, the ministry said. (Reuters)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: Putin stresses on China-Russia economic ties during talks
In his meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday emphasised their countries’ economic ties, saying “The driving force behind economic cooperation is Russian-Chinese collaboration in the energy sector," the Associated Press reported.
“Amid the crisis in the Middle East, Russia continues to maintain its role as a reliable supplier of resources, while China remains a responsible consumer of these resources," Putin said. (AP)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: Putin reunites with Chinese engineer
An unlikely reunion occurred on Wednesday -- between Russian President Vladimir Putin and a Chinese engineer who met the Russian leader 26 years ago, BBC reported.
After a hug, Putin told the engineer he could visit Russia "anytime". "I will definitely go," Peng replied, according to the report. (BBC)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: Putin says Russia ready to work with US, discusses it with Xi
Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday said the his country was ready for cooperation with partners, including with the United States, news agency Reuters reported.
Putin also said he had discussed the matter with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing, the report quoted.
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: Putin says Russia ready to work with US, discusses it with Xi
Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday said the his country was ready for cooperation with partners, including with the United States, news agency Reuters reported.
Putin also said he had discussed the matter with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing, the report quoted. (Reuters)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: Both leaders to discuss Ukraine, Iran and US issues at tea, says Putin aide
Speaking to Russian state TV on Wednesday, President Putin’s foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will discuss international issues in their private tea meeting later.
The discussion will include “Ukraine, Iran and relations with the United States,' Ushakov told the state TV. (BBC)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: 'General understanding' on major gas pipeline reached, says Putin's press secy
Russia and China have come to a "general understanding" on the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline -- a major project set to transport up to 50 billion cubic metres of gas annually to China.
Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters that "some nuances remain to be ironed out" but an "understanding already exists", according to state-owned news outlet RIA Novosti.
The consensus includes the route of the pipeline and construction method, he reportedly said. (BBC)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: Xi and Putin sign first of more than 20 agreements
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping Wednesday signed a joint statement on strengthening strategic coordination between the two countries, and "deepening good-neighbourly and friendly cooperation".
They also signed more than 20 agreements on a range of other issues, including trade and tech cooperation, as well as "multi-polar world order". (BBC)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: Talks will facilitate strengthening our relations, says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin, hailing the talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Wednesday, said they the conversation would facilitate strengthening of our relations, news agency Reuters reported.
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: China, Russia to step up cooperation in AI, says Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his remarks following his bilateral talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, said that both countries will step up cooperation in AI and tech innovation.
China and Russia should also firmly play the roles of "responsible great powers", to protect international justice and oppose "all unilateral bullying and actions that reverse history", Xi said. (BBC)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: China, Russia committed to pursuing independent foreign policies, says Putin
Russia and China are committed to pursuing independent foreign policies and play stabilising roles on the international stage, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his statement, following his talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (BBC)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: Xi-Putin conclude their statements, no questions taken from media
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not take any questions from the press on Wednesday, as they concluded their talks.
Putin, in his final words during the meet in China, said he was sure that the talks would "facilitate strengthening of our relations".
The two leaders also signed a declaration on a "multipolar world order", Russian media reported. (BBC)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: Putin says Russia ready to continue energy supplies to China
Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday said that the country is ready to continue supplying China with energy, news agency Reuters reported.
He also said the talks between him and Chinese President Xi Jinping were friendly and constructive, with relations at an "unprecedented" level. (Reuters)
Xi-Putin Meeting Live: Kremlin does not rule out Putin-Trump meeting at APEC summit, Ifax says
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov Wednesday said that Moscow does not rule out a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Donald Trump at the APEC summit in China in November, the Interfax news agency reported.
Peskov made the comments during a visit by Putin to China. (Reuters)
Chinese President calls for end to hostilities in West Asia during talks with Russian counterpart in Beijing
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an end to all hostilities in the West Asia region during his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday, according to Xinhua news agency.
Xi said that the situation of the Gulf region in the Middle East was at a critical juncture between war and peace, and all hostilities must end immediately.
The leaders agreed to extend a friendship treaty that was first signed in 2001, according to Chinese state media.
Putin, praising his close ties with the Chinese leader, said their countries are partners in trade and international affairs, the Associated Press reported.
Comparison of ceremony in China for Putin and Trump visits has no point, says Kremlin
The Kremlin Wednesday said that there was no point comparing the ceremony in China for the visits of President Vladimir Putin and United States President Donald Trump, and that people should focus on the content, Reuters reported.
"There is a point in comparing the content," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television when asked about comparisons with the Trump visit.
"It is not always easy to compare the content as not everything is shown on the surface. However, the main value lies in the content, not in the ceremonial aspects," Peskov added. (Reuters)
Xi-Putin meet in China Live: Xi-Putin hold bilateral talks, discuss Iran, Ukraine wars
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held talks in Beijing on Wednesday, concerning their bilateral ties and key global issues, including Iran war, the Ukraine war, and trade relations, news ageny PTI reported.
The talks assume significance as the two leaders met days after US President Donald Trump visited Beijing and held extensive discussions with Xi on similar issues. (PTI)
Xi-Putin meet in China Live: 'Putin's 25th visit to China', says Chinese spokesperson
Emphasising close strategic ties between Beijing and Moscow, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a media briefing on Monday, "This is Putin's 25th visit to China."
"The two sides will take this visit as an opportunity to continue to promote the development of China-Russia relations to a higher level, which will inject greater stability and positive energy into the world," Guo told the reporters.
Since Xi assumed office in 2012, he has met with Putin dozens of times, and referred to each other as "dear friend" and underlining mutual trust. (PTI)
Xi-Putin meet in China Live: 'Russia-China relations reached a truly unprecedented level,' says Putin ahead of visit to China
Over a video address shared on Tuesday ahead of this visit, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia-China relations had reached "a truly unprecedented level".
He said regular top-level exchanges between the two countries formed an integral part of efforts to deepen bilateral ties and unlock their "limitless potential".
Xi-Putin meet in China Live: What's on the agenda?
Certain key issues could well be on the agenda of the meeting:
i) the bilateral trade between the two nations — Russia’s massive energy supplies, including oil and gas, forming its key area;
ii) the ongoing war in Ukraine, as Russia relies on Chinese exports of war essentials to sustain its military campaign.
Xi-Putin meet in China Live: Days after Trump’s visit, Chinese Prez meets Russian counterpart in Beijing
Days after US President Donald Trump visited China, Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Beijing.
This is Putin’s first foreign visit in 2026.
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