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🇷🇺🇨🇳President of Russia Vladimir Putin held talks via videoconference with President of China Xi Jinping(February 4, 2026) 💬Vladimir Putin: I would like to personally congratulate you and the Chinese people, our friends on the New Year 2026 and the upcoming Spring Festival, which will usher in the Year of the Red Fire Horse. This symbol embodies strength, energy and a drive to move forward – qualities that characterize the ties between our countries. Regardless of the international environment, I am confident in their resilience and steady, forward-looking development across all areas. The #RussiaChina comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction areexemplary in nature. This year, we mark the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation, which is fundamental to our relations. Its continued implementation undoubtedly serves the core interests of the peoples of both countries, contributes to strengthening truly comprehensive Russia-China cooperation and, most importantly, enhances the well-being of our citizens. 🤝 Taking this opportunity, I would like to reaffirm our strong support for all joint efforts aimed at ensuring the sovereignty and security of our two countries, their socio-economic prosperity and their right to choose their own path of development. Allow me to say a few words about the results of 2025. I believe we successfully commemorated the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Second World War in May in Moscow and in September in Beijing. The fact that we were together on those days demonstrated to the entire world our solidarity and the readiness of Russia and China to defend historical truth and to carefully preserve the memory of the heroic feat of our peoples, who restored peace on the planet at the cost of tens of millions of lives. China’s chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization also concluded with substantial practical results, culminating in the summit in Tianjin. During our talks in Moscow and Beijing, we engaged in substantive discussions on key areas and outlined ambitious tasks for further deepening bilateral cooperation. At the governmental level, energetic, essentially day-to-day work is under way to implement these agreements. 📊Economic cooperation continued to develop steadily in 2025. Despite a slight decline – or rather, an adjustment of indicators – bilateral trade turnover has, for the third consecutive year, confidently exceeded the symbolic $200 billion mark. Russia ranks among the leading suppliers of energy resources to China. Our energy partnership is mutually beneficial and truly strategic in nature. We are maintaining an active dialogue in the field of peaceful nuclear energy and advancing high-technology projects, including in industry and space exploration. According to our data, trade in agricultural products has increased by more than 20%. As for the international situation, amid growing global turbulence, foreign policy coordination between Moscow and Beijing remains an important stabilizing factor. We stand ready to continue the closest coordination on global and regional issues, both bilaterally and across all multilateral platforms – including the #UN, #BRICS and the #SCO, among others – where the Russia-China tandem plays, in many respects, a key role. We wish success and, of course, will provide all necessary support to China’s chairmanship and to our Chinese friends within the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum. Read in full