‘Very close relationship': Xi Jinping the ‘number one guest' for Russia's Victory Day parade
ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre Dr Matthew Sussex discusses Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming four-day visit to Russia.
'This is a visit to commemorate the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany,' Mr Sussex told Sky News Australia.
'Xi Jinping is going to be [Putin's] number one guest.
'It's a very close relationship, it's close in terms of economic ties, it's close in terms of military ties as well.
'If not an alliance, then certainly it's very much a sense of alignment against the West, against what the West stands for."
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