Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday welcomed China’s willingness to play a “constructive role” in ending the war in Ukraine, saying relations between Moscow and Beijing were “at the highest point.”
In an article released on the eve of a visit to Moscow by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Putin said Russia had high hopes for the visit by his “good old friend.”
The three-day trip, which begins Monday, is the Chinese leader’s first to Russia since Putin launched his…