Overview
- Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met Xi Jinping in Beijing, concluding a two‑day trip that included a government heads’ meeting with Li Qiang in Hangzhou.
- The communique commits both sides to firm mutual support on issues of key interest and to coordinated measures against unilateral sanctions.
- Moscow and Beijing agreed to preserve progress on settlements in national currencies and to deepen broader financial cooperation.
- On technology, the sides backed work toward a World Organization for AI and will set up an Expert Council to draft ethics, standards and industrial application guidance.
- Space cooperation will expand under Roscosmos–CNSA projects for 2023–2027, and 15 agreements were signed across sectors including agriculture, transport and phytosanitary rules.