'No limits' partnership continues: Putin to visit Beijing on Xi's invitation

Russia's Vladimir Putin will make a two-day state visit to China this week in the latest show of unity between the two authoritarian allies.

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00:00Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a state visit to China this week.

00:10In the two-day trip, Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss bilateral relations

00:16as well as international and regional issues of common concern, according to the Chinese

00:22Foreign Ministry.

00:25Last week, Xi returned from a five-day visit to Europe, including stops in Hungary and

00:30Serbia, countries viewed as closer to Russia.

00:38The trip was seen as an attempt to increase Chinese influence and drive a wedge between

00:43the EU and nations underpinned by Chinese economic influence.

00:52China has backed Russia politically in the conflict in Ukraine and continues to export

00:57tools seen as contributing to the Russian war effort, without exporting actual weaponry.