Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the opening day of the BRICS summit in Kazan on Tuesday. During a meeting Putin underlined that he wanted to advance ties with China to drive global stability.

 

“Russian-Chinese cooperation in world affairs acts as one of the stabilising factors in the global arena,” Putin said, adding: “We intend to further increase coordination in all multilateral platforms to ensure global security and a just world order.”

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping, in turn, expressed confidence in “the inviolability of the deep centuries-old friendship” between China and Russia “as great powers”.