Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China and Russia have found the right way for neighboring major countries to get along with each other, which is based on non-alliance, non-confrontation and not targeting any third party.

In his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Xi said China-Russia relations have come a long way and made a series of pioneering achievements.

Xi said he believes the profound friendship spanning generations between China and Russia will not change, and the two countries’ responsibility of benefiting the world and the people as major countries will not change either.

The Chinese president arrived in Kazan earlier in the day for the 16th BRICS Summit.

Calling the BRICS mechanism the world’s most important platform for solidarity and cooperation between emerging markets and developing countries, Xi said it is a pillar force in promoting equitable and orderly multipolarization of the world as well as universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization.

Xi said he expected to have an in-depth discussion with Putin and other world leaders over the future development of the BRICS cooperation mechanism to win more opportunities for the Global South and make an even greater contribution to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

CGTN