Xi and Putin hold video call after Trump inaugurationpublished at 03:44 Greenwich Mean Time
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held a video call hours after Trump was sworn in yesterday, pledging to bring bilateral relations “towards greater heights”.
Faced with “external uncertainties”, Xi called on Putin to “continue deepening strategic coordination, firming up mutual support, and safeguarding the legitimate interests” of Beijing and Moscow, Chinese state media reported.
Putin called Xi a “dear friend”, and said Russia and China were building ties “on the basis of friendship, mutual trust and support”.
“Russia and China’s joint work plays an important stabilising role in international affairs,” he said.