China's President Xi Jinping had a call with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Monday and said he was pleased with Moscow's efforts to hold a summit with the U.S. toward ending the war in Ukraine,

China's President Xi Jinping spoke with his ally Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Monday, China's state media reported, on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The anniversary was being marked as U.S. policies on Russia and Ukraine shift under President Donald Trump. Here's the latest: BEIJING — China’s President Xi Jinping had a call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin Monday,

Chinese and Russian leaders hold phone call, reportedly initiated by Putin, on third anniversary of Ukraine war.

But when Russian and U.S. officials met in Saudi Arabia this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping was nowhere near the table, instead meeting with China's tech entrepreneurs in Beijing. China's priorities are clear: it is focused on repairing its economy and trying to hammer out a deal with U.

China’s President Xi Jinping affirmed his “no limits” partnership in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, China’s state media reported, on the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese leader Xi Jinping about recent Russia-U.S. contacts on Ukraine in a phone call Monday, the Kremlin said. (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg) Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese leader Xi Jinping about recent Russia-U.

Xi Jinping is plotting closer ties with with the European Union amid a widening rift between the United States and Europe, experts have said. Beijing was seeking to improve relations with Brussels before US President Donald Trump clashed with Ukraine 's leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington.

Putin and Xi held three bilateral meetings as the armies of both countries increased their joint military exercises. On the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while in Kyiv several European leaders gathered for a summit convened by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,

Xi stated that China was pleased to see Russia and relevant parties making positive efforts to defuse the situation, reaffirming Beijing's stance on dialogue and peaceful resolution, according to Chinese state-owned media,