Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin for a regional security summit on countering Western influence in global affairs.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin on Sunday, Chinese and Russian state media reported, for a regional security summit that China hopes can counter Western influence in global affairs.
For the rare four-day visit to Russia’s neighbor and largest trading partner, Putin arrived to a red carpet welcome, received on the tarmac by top-ranking city officials, a livestream of the event by Russia’s TASS showed.
Ties between China and Russia are at their “best in history,” having become the “most stable, mature and strategically significant among major countries,” Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said in its report of the arrival.
