During President Xi Jinping's sixth official visit to Russia in July -- his third this year -- he reaffirmed the special friendship between the two countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, portrayed Russia-China relations as "the best in history."
Xi also reiterated the Chinese government's commitment to the integration of the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union and China's flagship Belt and Road Initiative -- a proposal unveiled in May 2015.
