Kremlin: Putin informed Xi Jinping about the dialog between Russia and the United States that has begun

Russian President Vladimir Putin informed Chinese President Xi Jinping about the recent Russian-American contacts. This was reported on the Kremlin website on February 24.

"From the Chinese side expressed support for the dialog between Russia and the United States," - noted there.

It is specified that Xi Jinping pointed to the readiness to promote the search for ways of peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.

In addition, during the telephone conversation, the Russian President and the Chinese President discussed further development of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between Moscow and Beijing and confirmed the schedule of future meetings.

Putin and Xi Jinping also stressed that the Russia-China nexus in foreign policy is an extremely important factor in stabilizing developments in the international arena.

Earlier in the day, it was reported that the Chinese president in a telephone conversation with the Russian president described Moscow and Beijing as good friends who always support each other's development.

Thefirst stage of talks between the Russian and US delegations took place on February 18 in Riyadh. After the meeting, the US State Department said that the sides agreed to appoint high-level negotiating teams to start work on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict