China’s Xi Jinping visits ‘best friend’ Vladmir Putin
Chinese president Xi Jinping has described Russian president Vladimir Putin as his best friend.
Xi Jinping said this during his three-day visit to Moscow to discuss trade and relations between the two countries.
This visit came as China-US relations have soured over a bitter trade war.
Russia had decided on a pivot to the east to the east years ago after ties worsened with the west over the Ukraine conflict.