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Jack Burgess
Live editor
Before we bring our live coverage of Putin's visit to China to a close, here's a quick summary of what's been going on.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's two-day trip, which aims to grow trade ties between the two countries, has been taking place amid growing warnings from the US to China against supporting Russia's military industrial base.
- Putin has been visiting Harbin on day two of his visit, which is the capital of China's north-eastern Heilongjiang province, sharing a border with Russia
- Addressing an industry forum, Putin focused on trade and has said the "inseparable" partnership between the two countries acts as a guarantor of energy security
- The Russian president has also laid flowers at a memorial to Soviet soldiers who died during the liberation of north-east China from the Japanese in the 1940s
- Ahead of the leaders' fourth meeting since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Putin said he would inform Xi about "the situation around the Ukrainian crisis"
- The Chinese president has said Beijing and Moscow agreed there should be a "political solution" to the Russia-Ukraine war, but did not give any details. China's peace proposals unveiled last year have been criticised by both Kyiv and its Western allies
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Today's live page was written by Yvette Tam, Joao Da Silva, Nicole Ng, Ben Hatton and Nadia Ragozhina. The page was edited by Tessa Wong and Jack Burgess.