Sino-Russian relationships were at the forefront on Wednesday as the leaders of China and Russia met in Beijing for the first time since the Ukrainian invasion.
Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Beijing, China, this week to meet with his closest ally on the world stage, Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“The political mutual trust between the two countries is continuously deepening,” Xi said, according to state media outlet Xinhua news agency.
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This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping posing during a meeting in Beijing. (SERGEI GUNEYEV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Putin was the guest of honor at Xi’s celebratory summit on the Belt and Road Initiative, a transcontinental infrastructure plan aimed at supercharging the communist nation’s trade.
Xi continued praising Putin, saying the two…