The nearly 10,000-word joint statement released after this week’s Russia-China summit projected a partnership of growing depth and ambition. Yet despite the document’s sweeping scope and dozens of agreements, Russian
President Vladimir Putin left Beijing with few major new deliverables in hand, analysts said. Putin, making his 25th visit to
China as Russia’s leader, arrived in Beijing just days after U.S. President Donald
Trump's talks with Chinese President
Xi Jinping that both sides cast as an attempt to stabilize ties after years of intensified rivalry.
China and Russia used the lengthy statement to reaffirm alignment on core sovereignty and security issues, including Taiwan—the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own and the foremost
potential flashpoint between Washington and Beijing.
Compared with the joint statement released in 2021 for the 20th anniversary of the bilateral treaty, the new document is significantly longer, more detailed and more explicit in its geopolitical language.
