{"id":13142,"date":"2025-12-31T11:17:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/?p=13142"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:40:41","slug":"putin-and-xi-exchange-new-years-greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/putin-and-xi-exchange-new-years-greetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin and Xi exchange New Year\u2019s greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"
China and Russia describe their relationship as a \u201cno-limits\u201d strategic partnership, with bilateral trade exceeding $200 billion for a third consecutive year.<\/strong><\/p>\n Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have exchanged New Year’s greetings, with both praising steady relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n Moscow and Beijing have deepened cooperation since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022. The two countries describe their ties as a strategic partnership “without limits.”<\/em> Both countries nearly doubled bilateral trade from 2020 to 2024, surpassing $240 billion last year.<\/p>\n Putin wished Xi and the Chinese people well, saying the China-Russia strategic partnership had continued to develop throughout 2025.<\/p>\n Xi sent reciprocal greetings to Putin and the Russian people on Tuesday, saying bilateral relations had made further progress and noting that the two leaders had met twice during the year in Beijing and Moscow. He added that the two countries supported each other in multilateral forums, including the UN.<\/p>\n