Relations between China and Russia are "the most stable" among "major countries," Xi Jinping says

Xi Jinping's intervention comes just days before his counterpart Vladimir Putin arrives in China for a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (August 31, September 1 in Tianjin, north) and a large military parade commemorating the victory over Japan in the Second World War (September 3 in Beijing).

The Chinese president "stressed that in a troubled and changing world, the relationship between China and Russia is the most stable, mature, and strategically important relationship among major countries," CCTV reported. Bilateral ties are a "stable source of world peace," he said, according to the television. China and Russia should "work together to safeguard the interests of both countries in security and development, uphold genuine multilateralism, and promote an international order moving toward greater fairness and justice," he added.