China's Xi meets Russian security chief in Beijing: state media
Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu in Beijing, Chinese state media said. Shoigu's trip comes days after Xi spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, with the Chinese leader hailing Moscow's "positive efforts to defuse" the Ukraine crisis. Speaking to Shoigu at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Xi called China and Russia "frie

