Kremlin: Sino -Russian leaders will hold video talks on Friday

The Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President of RussiaPutin will hold a video talks through a closed communication channel on Friday (December 30).

According to the Russian satellite news agency, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday (29th) that video talks will be held on Friday morning in Moscow. Leaders of the two countries will discuss bilateral relationsAnd regional issues, including the situation near the border between China and Russia.

According to reports, Peskov said that "there is a close connection between the heads of state of the two countries" and stated that the initial conversation between the two will be open, and the follow -up conversation will be closed behind closed -door talks.keep going.

Peskov said: "(Putin and Xi Jinping) will first talk about bilateral relations between Russia and China. You know that trade volume is growing rapidly.There are those who are closer to us, closer to Russia, and those issues that are closer to China. "

He added that the leaders of the two countries will be based on the spirit of" the spirit of the real strategic partnership. "Discuss these issues.

Putin held talks with Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in September this year. At that time, Putin publicly acknowledged that Beijing expressed "questions and concerns" against the Russian and Ukraine War.The first meeting of the two this year was during the Beijing Winter Olympics. At that time, the Chinese deputy foreign minister used the "upper top" to describe the China -Russia partnership with "not cap".

Former Russian President and Vice Chairman of the National Security Parliament, Modvedev just visited Beijing on December 21 and met with Xi Jinping.According to the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Xi Jinping told Medvedev that China hopes that the relevant parties of the Ukraine crisis will maintain rational restraint, carry out comprehensive dialogue, and resolve common concern in the security field through political methods.