Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) welcomes Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting in Ufa, Russia, July 8, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool
UFA, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government courted Beijing on Wednesday before a BRICS summit, playing down a stock market plunge in China and proposing better terms for investors from Beijing.
Meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Russian city of Ufa, Putin, whose country needs investment to pull out of a downturn worsened by Western economic sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, called for solidarity and unity in bilateral ties.
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