Xi Calls for Stronger China-Russia-Mongolia Ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping today called for enhanced political trust and deeper mutually beneficial cooperation between China, Russia, and Mongolia. The appeal came during a trilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh—marking the seventh meeting of its kind between the three leaders.

Xi emphasized the need for solid political confidence-building, stronger solidarity and coordination, and mutual support while respecting each nation’s core interests and priorities. He urged the three countries to:

Deepen win-win cooperation

Strengthen cross-border infrastructure and energy projects

Align national development strategies

Expand local-currency settlement mechanisms

Enhance collaboration in tourism and cultural heritage preservation.

Additionally, Xi encouraged utilizing Shanghai Cooperation Organization platforms to broaden the scope of trilateral cooperation.

President Putin concurred on the importance of building political trust as a foundation for trilateral relations. He called for better alignment of development strategies, expanded trade and investment, and intensified cooperation in finance, energy, digital economy, education, environmental protection, and tourism—aiming to boost regional economic development and integration.

Mongolia’s President Khurelsukh reiterated the country’s commitment to developing the China–Mongolia–Russia Economic Corridor, fostering people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and promoting regional development and prosperity. He also noted that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory over Japanese aggression and the Soviet Union’s “Great Patriotic War,” calling for shared historical commemoration and maintaining an accurate narrative of World War II.