The President of China has arrived in the Russian Federation for an official visit to attend celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The talks began with a limited attendance meeting between the leaders and continued with an expanded meeting involving delegations.
The talks addressed key issues concerning further development of the comprehensive strategic partnership, as well as current matters on the international and regional agendas.
Russia was represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, First Deputy Prime Minister and Russian Co-Chair of the Russia-China Intergovernmental Commission on Investment Cooperation Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister and Russian Co-Chair of the Russia-China Intergovernmental Commission on Humanitarian Cooperation Tatyana Golikova, Deputy Prime Minister and Russian Co-Chair of the Russia-China Intergovernmental Commission on Energy Cooperation Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, Russian Co-Chair of the Russia-China Intergovernmental Commission on Cooperation and Development of the Far East and Baikal Region of Russia and of Northeast China Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Russian Co-Chair of the Russia-China Intergovernmental Commission on Preparation of Regular Meetings of Heads of Government Dmitry Chernyshenko, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin, Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People’s Republic of China Igor Morgulov, Defence Minister Andrei Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina, Director of the Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugaev, and Igor Sechin, Executive Secretary of the Presidential Commission on Strategic Development of the Fuel and Energy Sector and Environmental Safety, Co-Chair of the Russia-China Energy Business Forum, and Rosneft CEO and Chairman of the Management Board.
Following the talks, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping signed the Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on Deepening the Comprehensive Partnership and Strategic Cooperation in the New Era to Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of Soviet Union’s Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the People of China’s Victory over Japanese Aggression, and the Establishment of the United Nations. A package of bilateral intergovernmental and interagency documents was also signed during the talks.
The documents signed include the Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on Global Strategic Stability; the Joint Declaration of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on Further Strengthening Cooperation to Maintain the Authority of International Law; the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Promotion and Mutual Protection of Investment; letters of understanding between the two governments on measures, the introduction of which is regulated by the World Trade Organisation rules on national security exceptions, general exceptions, and prudential measures.
Interdepartmental documents concerning biological safety, cooperation in digital transformation and the digital economy; creation and development of megascience research facilities; combating infectious diseases; and cooperation in building a lunar power station for the International Scientific Lunar Station were signed among other documents.
A package of documents signed concerns cooperation between Russian and Chinese universities and between media outlets, in particular, cooperation between the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, the Xinhua News Agency, and the China Media Group. The Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation was signed between Russia’s Movement of the First youth organisation and the Chinese Youth Federation (2025–2026).
The President of Russia and the President of China made statements for the media.