Xi, Putin talk over phone on 75th V-Day anniversary

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday held a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War.

China, Xi said, stands ready to work with Russia to firmly safeguard the fruits of the World War II victory as well as international fairness and justice, support and practice multilateralism, and stay as determined as ever to build world peace, contribute to global prosperity and uphold the international order.