🎙 Opening remarks by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a trilateral meeting with President of China Xi Jinping, and President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh (September 2, 2025)

💬 President Putin: President Xi, President Khurelsukh.

First of all, I would like to thank Mr. President and our Chinese friends for their hospitality and for organising this trilateral meeting. It has been quite a while since we last met in this format. Today’s meeting was arranged at the initiative of the President of the People’s Republic of China. Thank you for this.

🇷🇺🇨🇳🇲🇳 I would like to emphasise that Russia is genuinely committed to the comprehensive development of mutually beneficial, equal and multifaceted relations with both the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia. At the same time, we believe it is important that successful bilateral cooperation be supplemented and acquire new facets through a trilateral format of interaction.

This is quite natural, because our three countries have much in common. We share an interest in the joint development of political, economic and humanitarian ties. Most importantly, Russia, China, and Mongolia are good neighbours, and our peoples are united by long-standing traditions of friendship and mutual support.

🤝 I am confident that our conversation today will be traditionally candid and substantive, and we will touch on the main areas of our trilateral cooperation, and discuss our plans for the near and medium term.

Thank you.