Sputnik comes live from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are holding talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit on Thursday, 15 September.
Putin and Xi are expected to exchange views on the present state of the strategic partnership between the countries as well as prospects for future cooperation.
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