Xi eyes deeper China-Russia ties despite ‘turbulent’ external conditions

Chinese person meets Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin successful Beijing conscionable days aft his acme with US President Donald Trump.

China seeks to deepen relations with Russia contempt a “turbulent” outer environment, President Xi Jinping has said.

Xi made the pledge to grow concern and economical relations arsenic helium met Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin successful Beijing connected Tuesday. China has drawn person to Moscow since Russia launched its full-scale penetration of Ukraine 3 years ago, contempt unit from the West.

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said successful a connection that Xi seeks to grow communal concern with Russia, describing the enhanced ties arsenic a “shared strategical choice” and declaring that the 2 countries “must support adjacent coordination”.

“China-Russia relations person forged up this twelvemonth contempt the turbulent outer environment,” Xi told Mishustin, according to China’s Foreign Ministry.

He highlighted industries, including energy, agriculture, aerospace, the integer system and greenish development, wherever the 2 countries could cooperate.

President Xi Jinping met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

It is our shared strategical prime to uphold, consolidate and make China-Russia relations.

The 2 sides indispensable support adjacent coordination, upgrade our cooperation, and marque caller and greater contributions… pic.twitter.com/OSYhjhEr5F

— Mao Ning 毛宁 (@SpoxCHN_MaoNing) November 4, 2025

Relations betwixt Russia and China person grown steadily person since Moscow’s penetration of its neighbouring state successful February 2022.

Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a “no-limits” partnership, conscionable days earlier Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine.

Russia has since heavy relied connected China to blunt the interaction of Western sanctions, with grounds commercialized betwixt the brace and deepening vigor cooperation.

Bilateral commerce has, however, declined successful caller months arsenic China faces mounting unit from the United States implicit commercialized and technology.

Xi and Putin person besides appeared to support adjacent idiosyncratic relations successful caller years.

The Russian president visited China successful September to be a huge subject parade successful Beijing to people 80 years since the extremity of World War II.

‘Highly important’

For its part, the Kremlin highlighted the value of Mishustin’s sojourn and the worth it places connected concern with China.

In beforehand of the trip, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stressed that Moscow considers it “highly important”.

Putin said connected Tuesday helium has instructed his authorities to make “multimodal transport and logistics centres” connected the Chinese border.

Similar facilities volition besides beryllium built connected the borderline with North Korea.

Moscow and Pyongyang person besides strengthened ties during the Russia-Ukraine war. Putin precocious met North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui.

In 2024, Russia and North Korea signed a defence pact committing each state to supply subject enactment to the different successful the lawsuit of “aggression”.