This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. Asked about the epitome of inter-governmental cooperation between China and Russia, the Russian premier showed his friend Chinese President Xi Jinping wtih praise. Putin then listed co-operative endeavours between the two nations, including state of the art weapons Russia has provided China and space exploration programmes.
According to a statement from the state-owned Xinhua News Agency, Mr Putin said there was no hidden pretexts between China and Russia's relationship. He said that President Xi and he call each other friends and said they have a good personal relationship. He said that Russia has formed a bi-lateral alliance with China over the past few years. He said that this confidence based relationship helps Russia and China develop a lot of ties, including business and development, but more concerningly on military support and development. Putin said that the Chinese army received a lot of state-of-the-art Russian weaponry and we have been designing high tech arms together. JUST IN Putin explodes at war fear and orders the West to play by Russia's rules.
He noted the extent to which Russia is embedded in the Chinese military, the superpowers work in space, aviation, both on aircraft and helicopters. He said Russia would continue manoeuvres between our armies and participate in international combat games with China as he tried to back up the allegiance. President Putin said this is an unparalleled strategic partnership that has no equal in global history. The reporter appeared to be grinning ear-to ear as he revelled in the relationship his country has with Russia. READ MORE Putin threatens military response against Nato in Ukraine crisis.