Russian President Vladimir Putin has had a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, emphasizing the two countries’ close ties, a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president.

The two leaders have developed strong personal ties that helped boost relations between Moscow and Beijing, growing even closer after Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022.

Vladimir Putin is still struggling to re-assert himself in the Middle East after the fall of his ally Bashar al-Assad’s regime, according to the UK. The Russian president helped to prop up the dictator’s regime in Syria since 2015 amid years of civil war,

On the day that Trump took the oath of office, Putin convened a meeting of top officials in which he said that Moscow was open to dialogue with the new U.S. administration on the Ukrainian conflict if the sides could eliminate "the root causes" of the war.

Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed ties with Russia during a video call with Vladimir Putin as he urged deeper cooperation a day after Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed to take his country’s ties with Russia to a new level this year in a video conference with counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, hours after the inauguration of US President Donald Trump.

In his first public comments following President Donald Trump's inauguration, Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated on Monday that he sees a second Trump presidency as an opportunity for a new era in U.S.-Russian relations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on taking office hours before Trump's inauguration in Washington and said he was open to dialogue with the new U.S. administration on Ukraine and nuclear arms.

In a video from a Russian Security Council meeting published by the Kremlin on Monday, Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as U.S. president and said that Moscow is ready to engage in dialogue with Washington regarding the war in Ukraine.

Donald Trump is now the President of the USA and his counterparts from China and Russia have discussed plans to build ties with Washington.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a call Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, emphasizing the two countries’ close ties, a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th