is russia s internal affair. as russia s friendly neighbor and comprehensive strategic partner coordination for the new era, china supports russia in maintaining national stability and achieving development and prosperity. we just heard from mofa in china reiterating that exact same statement. it follows that you unexpected visit from the foreign minister to beijing who met with the chinese prime minister yesterday. where they exchanged views on sino. reporter: l/russian relation and we saw the photo of the pair smiling walking side by side. russia claims, max, this was part of a scheduled consultation. the chinese, however did not announce the meeting beforehand. now xi jinping and vladimir putin have developed a very