Following a summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, China and Russia issued a joint statement affirming their strategic partnership and commitment to a multipolar global order. The leaders also signed numerous agreements spanning energy, trade, and technology.

China and Russia released a joint statement on Thursday in the wake of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin a day earlier, during which the two leaders signed an agreement to boost strategic ties and a separate declaration to push for a multipolar global order and witnessed the sealing of more than 20 agreements on cooperation in areas including energy, trade and science and technology. China-Russia Joint Statement by scmp