President Xi Jinping assures in a meeting with the Russian prime minister in Beijing that he intends to improve "economic, commercial and investment" collaboration with Moscow. Mikhail Mishustin is the highest-ranking Russian leader to travel to China since the Kremlin launched the war of aggression that has turned international politics upside down.
The trip certifies the upward trend in exchanges between the two countries, with China becoming one of Russia's lifelines against the tourniquet of sanctions promoted by the West. China aims to promote a more open regional market and ensure the stability and fluidity of the global industrial and supply chain.