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#BREAKING Putin says Russia-Iran ties 'developing positively' in talks with Raisi

#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed growing ties with Tehran as he met Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of a regional summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

#BREAKING Iran's Raisi tells Putin cooperation makes US-sanctioned countries 'stronger'

#UPDATE Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the cooperation among countries sanctioned by the United States will make them "stronger"

#UPDATE Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping gathered with other Asian leaders in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand on Thursday for a summit touted as a challenge to Western global influence
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#BREAKING Xi, Putin hold first in-person talks since start of Ukraine conflict

#BREAKING Putin condemns 'attempts to create unipolar world' in talks with Xi

#BREAKING Putin thanks China's Xi for 'balanced position' on Ukraine

#BREAKING Xi tells Putin China willing to work with Russia as 'great powers'

VIDEO: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin has blasted attempts to create a "unipolar world" and praised China's "balanced" approach to Ukraine, as he met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan

#UPDATE Chinese President Xi Jinping has told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Beijing is willing to work with Moscow as "great powers" during his first trip overseas since the early days of the pandemic

#UPDATE Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Uzbekistan on Thursday that Beijing was willing to work with Moscow as "great powers", during his first trip overseas since the early days of the pandemic u.afp.com/iZwG #SCOSummit

#BREAKING China's Xi to meet Belarus President Lukashenko at Central Asia summit Thursday: state media

#BREAKING President Xi says China willing to work with Russia to 'support each other's core interests': state media

#UPDATE China's President Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Beijing was willing to work with Moscow to support each other's "core interests", state media reported Thursday, as the two leaders met at a summit in Uzbekistan ▶️ u.afp.com/iZSM

#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Uzbekistan for their first face-to-face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, hailing their strategic ties in defiance of the West.

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