Russia and China signed 22 agreements during the official visit of President Vladimir Putin to Beijing, covering energy and science, health, agriculture, and media, according to a Kremlin statement on Tuesday.
Key documents include a memorandum on the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline project, an agreement between Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation on strategic cooperation, and a memorandum between Rosatom and the Chinese Atomic Energy Agency on peaceful nuclear energy.
Other significant agreements included cooperation on the Russian instrument “Moon Dust Monitoring” for the Chinese Chang’e-7 spacecraft, a roadmap for the development of Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island, and protocols on agricultural trade, such as the export of reindeer and deer antlers.
Putin praised the “warm welcome” in Beijing, saying that relations between Russia and China are at an “unprecedentedly high level.”
He emphasized that the partnership is built on “trust, mutual assistance, and firmness in protecting shared interests.”
Xi Jinping said that Moscow-Beijing relations have “withstood the test of the international situation” and called them a model for others.
He called on countries to expand fair cooperation through multilateral platforms such as the United Nations (UN), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), BRICS, and the G20.
Putin is on a four-day visit to China, which will also include bilateral meetings and participation in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japan and the end of World War II. Before arriving in Beijing, he attended the SCO summit in Tianjin from August 31st to September 1st.
