Putin called Chinese leader Xi Jinping his friend

During the interview, the CNBC journalist recalled that the PRC chairman calls the Russian president his best friend.

“I also consider President Xi Jinping to be my friend, we have been working together for many years and are achieving good results both in the sphere of political interaction and in the economic sphere.

I believe that this benefits both the people of China and the people of Russia and balances, creates a certain stability in international affairs, ”the Kremlin press service quoted Putin as saying.

In June, the Russian president described relations between Moscow and Beijing as a model of interstate cooperation in the 21st century.

The leaders of Russia and China previously announced the extension of the treaty on good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation.