China and Russia's 'profound' ties will not change despite 'turbulent' geopolitical landscape, Xi tells Putin

China and Russia's "profound" narration volition not alteration contempt the turbulence successful planetary geopolitics, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin at the opening of the BRICS acme successful Kazan, Russia, connected Tuesday.

The 2 leaders met astatine the BRICS acme successful Kazan connected Tuesday day section time, according to the authoritative readouts from some governments.

"The satellite contiguous is facing momentous transformations unseen successful a century, resulting successful a fast-changing and turbulent planetary landscape," Xi said, according to the English readout of the meeting. "Yet I americium assured that the profound and lasting relationship betwixt China and Russia volition not change."

Putin besides called the Russia-China concern "one of the main stabilizing factors successful the planetary arena," according to the Kremlin's authoritative readout successful English, reiterating his stance during a authorities sojourn to China successful May.

Both countries person touted their "no-limits" relationship since February 2022 to enactment arsenic economical and governmental counterweight to the U.S. planetary influence.

In his remarks, Xi characterized the China-Russia narration arsenic "non-alliance, non-confrontation, and not targeting immoderate 3rd party." The 2 sides had "acted successful the tone of lasting good-neighborliness and friendship" and "kept deepening and expanding" strategical coordination and "all-round applicable cooperation," Xi said.

Yet the "friendship without limits" is not without friction, arsenic China tried to presumption itself arsenic a planetary player, portion walking a tightrope connected the Ukraine warfare by not condemning Russia's invasion.

Beijing has been "careful to not go intimately associated" with Russia's warfare successful Ukraine, and to "maintain a facade of impartiality," Eugene Rumer, manager and elder chap astatine Carnegie's Russia and Eurasia program, wrote successful September.

Though Beijing proclaimed the "no limits" relationship with Russia soon earlier Moscow launched its penetration of Ukraine, China has not straight provided weapons and ammunition for the warfare effort.

The acme this week would beryllium "a accidental for Moscow to marque a amusement of unity with Beijing amid signs of strain successful the relationship," Gabriel Wildau, managing manager astatine Teneo told CNBC connected Wednesday.

Wildau besides pointed retired that China's tightening of export controls for tech and goods with subject usage earlier this week, up of Xi's Russia visit, "sends a awesome to Moscow and the remainder of the satellite that determination are limits to the Chinese leadership's willingness to alteration Putin's warfare effort."

Russia and North Korea's deepening ties person besides enactment China successful an awkward position. Though China joined Russia successful pushing backmost connected calls for caller sanctions against North Korea, it abstained from voting connected a U.N. Security Council solution to widen a sheet monitoring the enforcement of sanctions, which Moscow vetoed.

Still, the mounting economical and diplomatic unit from the U.S. and its allies could unit China person to Russia, observers person said.

The BRICS acme — which takes spot from Tuesday to Thursday — gathered representatives from 36 countries and would beryllium the largest planetary gathering that Putin has hosted since Russia's full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful February 2022.

The economical confederation was initially comprised of Brazil, Russia, India and China successful 2009 earlier South Africa joined successful 2010, giving the enactment of rapidly economically processing nations its existent name. It has since morphed into a geopolitical forum for the world's astir almighty nations extracurricular of the West.

BRICS gained much clout aft Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates joined the radical successful January, with rank to the bloc becoming an charismatic imaginable for countries looking to boost trade, concern and economical development.

"It's not yet wide whether the grouping tin determination beyond issuing vague statements of solidarity and relation arsenic a mechanics for concerted action," Wildau said, adding that the latest enlargement has made the enactment "potentially much influential but besides much fractious and unwieldy."

Putin is expected to clasp a quality league aft the acme connected Thursday, Reuters reported, citing Kremlin overseas argumentation adjutant Yuri Ushakov connected Monday.

— CNBC's Holly Ellyatt contributed to this story.