Putin called relations with China a model of interstate cooperation

TASS reports.

"To date, following the letter and spirit of the treaty (on good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation. -

), we have managed to bring Russian-Chinese relations to unprecedented heights, making them a model of interstate cooperation in the 21st century," Putin said.

The leaders of Russia and China previously announced the extension of the treaty on good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation. The dialogue between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping took place in the format of a videoconference on a special closed channel, which, according to the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, means "the highest secrecy of negotiations" and "special confidential" nature of the partnership between the countries.