Chinese President Xi Jinping has held a call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and said he was pleased with Moscow’s efforts to hold a summit with the U.S. toward ending the war in Ukraine

The Chinese and Russian leaders reaffirmed their relationship in a video call on Monday, an apparent rebuff to the idea that the Trump administration could drive a wedge between them.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese leader Xi Jinping about recent Russia-U.S. contacts on Ukraine in a phone call Monday, the Kremlin said. (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg) Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese leader Xi Jinping about recent Russia-U.S. contacts on Ukraine in a phone call Monday, the Kremlin said.