The two leaders discussed maintaining their growing ties amid international instability.Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have held a video call to discuss ways to enhance cooperation, maintain strategic stability, and manage their relations with the United States.The call comes as many Western countries are exploring potential opportunities with China following clashes with US President Donald Trump over tariffs and his demands to take over Greenland from NATO ally Denmark.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBoth the British and Canadian prime ministers visited Beijing last month, and the German chancellor is expected to visit this month.Putin described the foreign policy ties between the two nations as “an important stabilising factor amidst growing turbulence in the world”, according to a transcript released by the Kremlin on Wednesday.He said Russia and China would continue close coordination on global and regional agendas, “both bilaterally and within all the multilateral frameworks”, including the United Nations, the BRICS coalition of economies, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, where he said the “Russian-Chinese tandem plays an essential role”.Putin said the two countries had “forged an exemplary comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation”, and reaffirmed Russia’s “resolute support” for their efforts to “ensure the sovereignty and security of our two countries, their social and economic prosperity, and the right to choose their own development path”.Xi, speaking via an interpreter, called for the countries to work out a “grand plan” to further bilateral relations, which he said were advancing in the right direction. Advertisement “The two sides should sei …
