to get her british citizenship back. we begin in moscow, where china s top diplomat, wang yi, has met president putin, and reaffirmed their close relationship. the trip to russia by wang yi comes just days before the first anniversary of moscow s invasion of ukraine. here s the meeting between the two. during their talks, mr putin said relations between his country and china were reaching new milestones . he also called on the chinese president xi jinping to visit. earlier, wang yi also met his russian counterpart sergei lavrov, where he said the relationship between the two countries could not be influenced by other nations. let s hear some of what wang yi had to say: translation: i look forward to reaching new agreements. our consultations on strategic security are highly effective between our two countries. they play an important role in strengthening trust and cooperation in a shifting international situation. much is being made of the seating arrangements for president
of new a-reements si-ned between of new agreements signed between china and russia during his visit to moscow. this came after wang yi s meeting with sergey lavrov. he did not give any details of what the nature of these agreements might be but according to this readout, he did say it was a russian counterpart, no matter how much the situation changes, china has been and remains committed, together with russia to make efforts to preserve the positive trend in the development of relations between the major powers. professor shirley ze yu, senior visiting fellow at the london school of economics who focuses on china: it isa it is a very important visit, obviously it is a very important visit, obviously. china is a new top diplomat obviously. china is a new top diplomat wang yi with a series of important diplomat wang yi with a series of important messages all the way to moscow important messages all the way to moscow and this time he said personally he met with the russian