President Vladimir Putin held a series of meetings with global leaders on the sidelines of his visit to China, most notably with President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

These meetings focused on strengthening economic and security relations and discussing regional and international developments. Putin emphasized the depth of strategic partnerships with allies and expressed Russia’s commitment to advancing multilateral cooperation amid current global challenges.

The Russian president arrived last Sunday in China to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization activities and the 80th anniversary celebrations of World War II and victory over Japan.

Russia-China Meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed the strong strategic ties between their countries and the pivotal role both Russia and China played in World War II.

Russia and China signed more than 20 new cooperation agreements.

Russia-India Meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin: Our strategic partnership is witnessing rapid development and positive trade momentum.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi: India welcomes all recent efforts to establish peace in Ukraine.

Putin: Russia will never forget the participation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in fighting Nazism.

Russia-Turkey Meeting

Putin: Istanbul negotiations resolved humanitarian dilemmas.

Erdogan: Completion of financial clearing mechanism test to fund the “Akkuyu” nuclear power plant project via gas payments.

Russia-Iran Meeting

Putin: Moscow and Tehran are in contact on various issues including the Iranian nuclear program.

Bezhikian: I personally took charge of removing obstacles to cooperation with Moscow.

Trilateral Meeting of Russia, China, and Mongolia

The three leaders confirmed their commitment to developing trade and economic relations among their countries.

Russia signed strategic agreements with China to increase gas supplies via the “Power of Siberia” pipeline and to extend a new “Power of Siberia-2” pipeline through Mongolia.

Russia-Pakistan Meeting

Putin: “Pakistan has been and remains our partner.”

Russia-Serbia Meeting

Putin praised Serbia’s independent policy.

Meeting between Russian President and Slovak Prime Minister

Putin told Visto: The West specializes in horror movies about Russia, and its aggressive behavior facilitated the coup in Ukraine.

Russia-Vietnam Meeting

Putin emphasized the “good and active” development of economic relations with Vietnam.

Russia-Armenia Meeting