The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, promised to announce the “world peace” in a new year message to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, state media reported on Tuesday.

“Whatever the foreign scenario changes, China will continue to be a company to deepen the reform and the MLDR; and the promotion of global peace and development,” XI said, according to the diffuser of the state of CCTV.

Since Putin’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022, China has sought to provide itself as an impartial party, the United States and other Western countries.

But it remains Russia’s political and economic spouse, leading some NATO members to label Beijing a “catalyst” for war, which Beijing has never condemned.

According to CCTV, Xi told Putin: “In the face of rapidly evolving changes not seen in a century and the turbulent international situation, China and Russia have consistently moved forward hand-in-hand along the correct path of non-alignment, non-confrontation and not targeting any third party.”

The two presidents have a non-public bond, with Xi calling his Russian counterpart his “best friend” and Putin cherishing his “reliable partner. “

Their relationship has been a constant despite a decade of growing friction with Western countries, exemplified by Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Xi spoke to Putin that 2024 had marked the 75th anniversary of the status quo of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, according to VideoVigillance, “representing a new step in dating between the two countries. “

“After three-quarters of a century of ups and downs, China-Russia relations have become increasingly mature and stable,” Xi said, according to CCTV.