Xi-Putin video meeting unleashes strong positive energy: Global Times editorial

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. - CGTN

BEIJING (Global Times): Chinese President Xi Jinping held a video meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (June 28). They issued a joint statement and announced to extend the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation.

Article 9 of the treaty, which was signed in July 2001, says "When a situation arises in which one of the contracting parties deems that... it is confronted with the threat of aggression, the contracting parties shall immediately hold contacts and consultations in order to eliminate such threats."