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Wang Yi meets Putin in sign of deepening China-Russia ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Chinese foreign policy chief Wang Yi in the Kremlin [Anton Novoderezhkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Photo]

The warmth of Russia’s and China’s relationship has been on display in the Kremlin as President Vladimir Putin held talks with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and hailed the importance of the two countries’ cooperation.

Images showed Wang and Putin exchanging a firm handshake and sitting across the table from each other during their meeting on Wednesday. Others showed Wang, the Chinese Communist Party’s most senior foreign policy official, looking relaxed as he walked with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

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