Putin tells Xi on phone: "smearing China on origin of Covid-19 unacceptable"

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BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, spoke over phone on Thursday night, reaffirming mutual support in the fight against COVID-19 and rejecting politicization of the pandemic..

Recalling that he and Putin held two telephone conversations in a month to exchange views and coordinate positions on how to better cooperate in Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control, Xi said that has once again demonstrated the high level of China-Russia relations.